Capehart on Dem Debate Highlights
Having emerged as the front-runner after his Nevada landslide last weekend, Bernie Sanders went into last night's Democratic primary debate in South Carolina with a target on his back. Far from a singular silver bullet, Sanders' opponents each took their own tack in coming for the Senator from Vermont, who seemed to deflect them all, earning him monikers from political analysts like "The Teflon Man." Going into the debate, from which Joe Biden emerged largely un-attacked and thus unscathed, polls show the former Vice President with a widening lead in South Carolina's Primary on Saturday. Poll analysis website 538 project that Sanders will win a significant plurality of the delegates up for grabs on Super Tuesday next week, after which 61 percent of the nomination delegates will be apportioned.
On Today's Show:
Jonathan Capehart, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and member of The Washington Post editorial board, breaks down the debate in South Carolina where frontrunner Bernie Sanders is endure attacks from all sides.