checks here. to kind of look and the overall picture, you want to look at center stage. it becomes a tale of two candidates. ee liz wedge warren throwing out a lot of claims. very, very clean. beto o rourke had trouble defending himself against castro with section 1325 and when he talked about the manufacture of oxycotin. not to say people didn t play with the truth a little bit but on the whole, we saw a fairly clean debate. and it is oh, so early. thank you for your time. who had the strongest closing argument of the night? you ll hear from the panel and
official step toward a presidential run. others sure to follow. what will we see happening here now that it is early 2019? let s bring in our political panel. washington examiner staff writer doug schoen and former advisor to president clinton. thank you for being here. happy new year to you both. here we have senator warren throwing her hat in the ring. she gets that early buzz and start fundraising getting a little money. doug, start with you on the democratic side. what are her chances? is she the right person to face off against president trump on the campaign trail? the simple answer it s much too early to say. i think she has announced early because she has to win the invisible primary of fundraising where she will be competing against i think three or four other senators, particularly bernie sanders on the left progressive wing. but we could have 12, 15, 20