2020 Daily Trail Markers: Co-hosts for fourth Democratic debate are announced
Here's a roundup of the CBS News Political Unit's reporting for CBSN and CBSNews.com this week:
CBSN
RED & BLUE
- Thursday Red & Blue // By Stephanie Ramirez & LaCrai Mitchell
- Thursday Red & Blue Debate Special // By LaCrai Mitchell
TRAIL MARKERS
- Monday Daily Trail Marker's Segment // By Zak Hudak
- Tuesday Daily Trail Marker's Segment // By Ed O'keefe
- Wednesday Daily Trail Marker's Segment // By Bo Erickson & Jack Turman
DOTCOM
- A shaken mosque welcomes Beto O'Rourke in New Hampshire // By Nicole Sganga & Tim Perry
- Democrats formally scrap proposed "virtual caucus" plans // By Ellee Watson & Adam Brewster
- Gary Hart endorses Michael Bennet at New Hampshire Democratic Convention // By Cara Korte
- How Kamala Harris' education at a black college shaped her // By Stephanie Ramirez & LaCrai Mitchell
- Mark Sanford's decision to take on Trump // By Nicole Sganga
- North Carolina holds special election for last House seat of 2018 // By Aaron Navarro & Ellee Watson
- Republican Dan Bishop wins North Carolina 9th Congressional District special election // By Aaron Navarro & Ellee Watson
- Republicans in three states cancel presidential nominating contests for 2020 // by Ellee Watson
- Texas Democrats unveil plan to flip the state from red to blue in 2020 // By Aaron Navarro & Ellee Watson
- The front-runner meets the rising star: Biden and Warren take center stage at third debate // By Sarah Ewall-Wice & Caitlin Huey-Burns
- Trump rallies supporters in North Carolina ahead of special election // By Ellee Watson & Aaron Navarro
The fourth Democratic debate
The New York Times and CNN will be co-hosting the next debate match-up in October in Westerville, Ohio.
The third Democratic debate
The 10 leading Democratic candidates focused heavily on health care and gun control Thursday in the first debate where all the qualifying candidates stood on the same stage.
In Houston, there were also a few sharp jabs exchanged by candidates, in particular, when Julián Castro harshly accused Joe Biden of contradicting himself and questioned whether his memory was faltering. "Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago," he asked. He later slammed Biden for embracing his role in the Obama administration only when it was convenient.
Although Biden was targeted the most during the debate for his policies, other candidates chastised Castro for his manner of questioning Biden.
Here's how the debate played out if you missed it — read more here.
Castro defends his exchange with Biden
Afterwards on CBSN, CBS News political correspondent Ed O'Keefe talked with Castro and pointed out that some of Castro's rivals' campaigns had called his criticism of Biden "disqualifying" and a "low blow."
Castro defended his remarks. "This wasn't about personalities. This was about a difference in health care policy," Castro argued. Watch the interview and read about it here.
EARLY STATES
IN THE MIDDLE
On the heels of the third Democratic debate, Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren rolled out their latest Iowa endorsements on Friday, according to CBS News campaign reporter Adam Brewster.
Buttigieg's campaign announced Polk County Supervisor Matt McCoy is endorsing the South Bend mayor. McCoy was the first openly gay member of the Iowa State Legislature, and has served in both the Iowa House and Iowa Senate.
"As a veteran and a Midwest mayor, Pete can heal the division in our country. I trust Pete's heart and know that he will always work to support the best interest of Americans," McCoy said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Warren's campaign announced endorsements from 15 grassroots organizers around the state. Six of those endorsements come from Johnson County, Iowa's most Democratic county. This was the first time the Warren campaign has rolled out a major batch of endorsements in a press release, which other campaigns have done throughout the summer.
OUT WEST
Buttigieg's team opened its first Nevada office with a debate watch party Thursday, joining others (including Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren) who have placed an early premium on the Latino-heavy East Las Vegas neighborhood.
"The path to our victory goes through Nevada, and it goes through Latino voters and the community there," Jess O'Connell, senior adviser to the campaign, tells CBS News campaign reporter Alex Tin. O'Connell claims a third of Buttigieg's organizers in Nevada identify as Latino, with the campaign working to roll out training and campaign materials in Spanish as they grow the South Bend mayor's 30-strong staff across the state.
"We've been organizing for a while there, but we're excited to put some structure around it with these offices and have a place where people can come," says O'Connell.
ISSUES THAT MATTER
GUN VIOLENCE
The Giffords PAC and Gabby Giffords are traveling to Aurora, Colorado this weekend to support Omar Montgomery who is running for mayor against former U.S. Congressman Mike Coffman, reports CBS News Political Unit associate producer Ellee Watson.
In 2018, the PAC spent nearly $1.5 million targeting Coffman for his relationship with the National Rifle Association. Coffman lost his House seat to Democrat Jason Crow. The PAC is back in Colorado to send a message that politicians who refuse to take action on guns should be out of politics at any level.
