3 Candidates Who Disappointed You the Most in Tonight's Debate?

[Pryderi]

For me I thought Beto, Klobuchar, and Tulsi Gabbard as I had high hopes for these 3.

[customerserviceguy]

1. Beto, de Blasio, Ryan

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. I thought Klobuchar was very good, but O'Rourke didn't seem to have as precise answers

as some of the others; he seemed a little off. Gabbard didn't disappoint me because I've never been interested in her in the first place.

[Zambero]

3. I thought Klobuchar was outstanding

Agree with the other two mentioned and would add Delaney.

[spooky3]

4. Delaney didn't impress me much. But I agree that

The format doesn’t give candidates a chance to get their message across well. 3 debates with 7 candidates would have been better IMHO.

[tblue37]

5. I thought Beto was overwhelmed, and Ryan was not that good. nt

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[Drunken Irishman]

6. I expected more from Warren after the momentum she built the last few weeks.

She wasn't bad by any measure but there was no narrative-defining moment, which I feel was a lost opportunity since she should have had the debate stage to herself tonight.

[Turin_C3PO]

16. Yes, I kept waiting for a sound byte to come from Warren

and it never happened. She did good though, definitely one of the best of the night.

[Goodheart]

7. Only one really disappointed me: Delaney

He lost me when he pooh poohed the idea of punishing trump.

[sandensea]

8. I suppose they all did what they went there to do - but no more.

I gotta hand it to Jay Inslee though. He really seized the moment when, on being asked what the greatest threat to America was, he said:

[C_U_L8R]

9. They were all great

And I don't think it will change the current polling much. Hopefully the field tightens up because there are simply too many people onstage to call this showcase a debate.

[question everything]

10. Klobuchar was perfect. No fireworks, just steady clear replies

Hard to reply. I was going to say diBlasio, Gabbard, Delaney

But I think that when we mean disappointing we think about someone we thought was promising and I would put Beto and Inslee.

[LeftInTX]

11. Beto

Warren wasn't very concise, but that's Warren's style.

[Turin_C3PO]

12. Mostly just Beto.

I thought he’d do better.

[Hassler]

13. I'm not complaining about any of them. My winners, in alphabetical order: Booker Castro Warren

[SunSeeker]

14. I expected more out of Warren, Beto, Castro, so they disappointed me the most.

Klobuchar did about as I expected she would. Tulsi actually did better than I thought she would, but I did not expect anything from her.

[calguy]

23. I actually liked some of Tulsi's comments

But I could never support her.

[SunSeeker]

33. Tulsi is definitely not getting my primary vote.

But I will bust my buns for ANY Dem who ends up running against Trump.

[Raine]

15. Klobuchar and Gabbard

I was hoping they would really sway me but they didn't.

[Indygram]

17. Castro, DeBlasio and Booker

DeBlasio just for being rude and obnoxious in general. Castro for using an opportunity for telling people why the should support him to attack Beto. Same thing with Booker to a lesser extent.

I think Beto had the best closing statement and his comments on Impeachment and holding Trump accountable were the strongest against Trump and that will resonate with viewers.

[Bucky]

42. There seems to be an unwritten rule not to attack each other

Of course that's all practical. O'Rourke speaking Spanish on stage, while brilliant, was a stealth nudge to push Castro out. There's only room for one Texan in this ecosystem

[mtnsnake]

18. Just 2. Delaney for absolute sure. I never heard him too much before so I didn't know what to expect

and he came off to me as an embarrassment to our Party.

I didn't think Beto had a good night, but he always seems to be one of those guys that starts off really slow during an interview and then comes on very strong about 10 minutes in. Maybe the way the debate was set up he just didn't have any long enough stretches of time where he could really get wound up and gain momentum. I thought he did better later on, but overall I was disappointed in him.

[walkingman]

19. Beto was a little too timid. I simply disagree Ryan especially Afghanistan.

[Music Man]

20. O'Rourke, O'Rourke, and O'Rourke

He is a script guy. Came across as completely fake.

I really enjoyed his bold Senate race, but I don't understand the point of his presidential candidacy. Especially with Buttigieg moving into his lane, I don't think this is going to end well for him.

I honestly was hoping for more from Jay Inslee, as well. Good record as governor and quite passionate about climate change, but tonight he came across as goofy to me tonight. Granted, the moderators were not allowing him much time and it is hard to make your case in that context.

[MFM008]

38. Sadly MM

He had the least amount of speaking time.

[BlueStater]

21. Ryan, De Blasio, and Delaney have just about zero support on this forum.

So people can't possibly be disappointed by them when they never had any expectations for them to begin with.

[BeyondGeography]

22. Beto, Ryan and Delaney

Not that I expected anything from the latter. I’ve heard enough, please go now.

Beto got pushed around and looked and sounded semi-prepared at best. I think he really hurt himself.

Ryan was having a pretty good night until he took on the Taliban and Gabbard destroyed him.

[Celerity]

25. GMTA

[BeyondGeography]

26. IKR?

[Celerity]

24. Beto was streets ahead of the rest in terms of disappointment, Ryan got roasted by Gabbard

Delaney looked and sounded desperate

[True Dough]

27. The big loser of the night was

MSNBC! Audio issues and the picture cut out momentarily a few times. Seemed like a second-rate production.

[Indygram]

28. I agree with that...one of the worst managed debates I've ever seen

I like the way CNN does them better.

[mtnsnake]

34. I was wondering about those short outages. It was almost as if someone was trying to hack the show

and then a backup production would immediately take over when the picture when out. Whatever it was, it was definitely annoying.

[True Dough]

35. Might have been some interference

from Moscow.

[mtnsnake]

37. or

interference from Trump's team, although Trump and Moscow are pretty much synonymous in that respect.

[MarcA]

29. Ryan and Beto. Don't have a third choice.

Beto with generic Kennedy imitating remarks. Note to Ryan; there are
blue collar elitist, just look at drumph rallies.

[ooky]

31. I thought Klobachar did fine.

I thought Gabbard was a wallflower for a long while. Finally she was able to get a little more actively involved in the second half for the foreign policy.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

32. Deblasio, Booker, & Castro for their rude interruptions

[Bucky]

43. I'm not a fan of rudeness or interruptions, but...

Remember what the nominee is going to have to deal with next fall. Being able to verbally tussle is a real plus in Trump's America

[essadaw]

36. Warren, Castro and several other men

Warren was kind of boring- I expected more:

Castro and several other men ( I couldn’t keep all of the screaming interrupting men straight) were just dicks. Screaming louder doesn’t make you right on the issues. We already have trump.

Booker was decent. Amy was better than I expected.

My fav Beto started off guard at all the attacks inth beginning but got really good at the end

[mvd]

39. Beto was really the only one

I thought he was hedging a lot with his answers. Maybe overthinking. Delaney is my least favorite so hard to disappoint. Thought Gabbard came off better than expected - in her sincerity.

[Cosmocat]

40. Not disappointed, but Beto and Ryan

Beto was in over his head.

Ryan is just wrong, and though I am no Gabbard fan, she took Ryan apart on afganistan, and I have ZERO time for a democrat parroting the decades old conservative tropes that conservatives and the media parrot relentlessly to justify people wildly voting against themselves because the r party indulges their lesser spirits.

[PDittie]

41. Beto, Ryan, and

Delaney.