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I watched part of the 6th Dem nominations debate hosted by Politburo and it was refreshing listening to the various candidates sharing the same sentiments re the poisonous rhetoric of Trump and the damage he has done to America's image and America's global reputation while favouring his wealthy pals. Again, Bernie Sanders "stood out like a beacon" with comments like "America's wealth and healthy well-being emanates from the bottom and not from the top where the wealthy elite dominate and that wealth never spreads or gets close to the bottom of the pile". However, I'm not sure whether the centre ground of the American populace can be captivated by him although, as usual, he talks a lotta sense. The younger candidate, Mr Yang, is clearly wealthy but no wowwww factor for me and no charisma when compared to the likes of Justin Trudeau. Mayor Buttiegieg is another young candidate who talks a lotta sense but no wowwww factor. He made a point that every other candidate is a millionaire and I must admit that it seems to be a pre-requisite in electoral campaigns and the common fear always is that the wealthy support their wealthy pals unless certain candidates are highly principled re the objective direction that they wanna take eg Bernie Sanders. Sen Klobuchar was interesting with lotsa pragmatic comments that stung into Trump and his administration and she had a certain passion and empathy in her presentation Joe Biden had the shortest "talk time" (15 mins) but what he said was "to the point" and articulate esp when referring to Trump and his failed policies and promises. I must say I'm unsure re any of these candidates and one can only hope that they are eventually "whittled down" to a pair of decent Dems who can captivate lotsa Americans in the population who wanna be impressed by someone other than Trump. lets face it: they have enough "ammunition" to "fire" at Trump and need to be "squeaky clean". At the mo, Jo Biden looks like a possibility mainly because he can push on against Trump as an "offended and innocent party" but IMO there is an age issue although that factor never affected Trump's previous presidential campaign.