'BradCast' 6/28/2019 (Dem Debate, Miami, NIGHT TWO - Guests: Heather Digby Parton, Richard "RJ" Eskow)
Our Special Coverage of this week's first 2020 Democratic Presidential Debates in Miami continues on today's 'BradCast', with post-debate analysis, insight and occasional snarky comment. Night #2 was a lively affair, featuring ten more Presidential hopefuls: VT Sen. Bernie Sanders; former Vice President Joe Biden; CA Sen. Kamala Harris; South Bend, IN Mayor Pete Buttigieg; NY Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand; CO Sen. Michael Bennett; CA Rep. Eric Swallwell; former CO Gov. John Hickenlooper; former tech executive Andrew Yang; and author and spiritual advisor Marianne Williamson. Joining us again today is Salon's award-winning opinion columnist, HEATHER DIGBY PARTON, along with our old friend RICHARD "RJ" ESKOW, a longtime political columnist and host of the weekly 'The Zero Hour' radio and TV program and -- helpfully today -- a former insurance company executive.\xa0 Among the many issues we cover from Thursday's debate: What the media are describing as a breakout performance from Harris, including her face-off with Biden over his history of working with segregationists in the U.S. Senate; whether Biden can sustain his polling lead after a shaky performance raising questions about his age (along with similar concerns about Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, to be fair); how the candidates' various proposals for universal healthcare coverage compare; the impact of the generational divide with younger candidates such as Buttigieg or Swalwell; Silicon Valley tech exec Andrew Yang's proposal for Universal Basic Income; a few "insider" stories on the seemingly "4th dimensional" Marianne Williamson, and more....