Beto Goes Bust

And other major moments from last night’s Democratic primary debate.

Former U.S. Congressman Beto O’Rourke speaking with attendees at the 2019 California Democratic Party State Convention at the George R. Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, California. (photo: Gage Skidmore)

Journalists, political-theatre aficionados and the internet at large are all divided today over who the biggest winners and losers were in last night’s highly-anticipated Democratic primary debate.

It was the first of two debates, and Americans watched as the Democratic challengers sized each other up, squared off, and waxed poetic about a…