Warren and Klobuchar Teach the Boys a Lesson: At the Democratic debate, gender comes to the fore.
"In contrast, Warren noted, The only people on this stage who have won every single election that theyve been in are the women Amy and me. And the only person who has beaten an incumbent Republican any time in the past 30 years is me.
"Klobuchar, a third-term senator from Minnesota, said you dont need to be male to win just as you dont need other qualities pronounced necessary or optimal by some unnamed, amorphous committee of pronouncers. You dont have to be the skinniest person in the room, she said. You dont have to be the loudest person. You have to be competent.
And when you look at what I have done, she added, I have won every race, every place, every time. I have won in the reddest of districts. I have won in the suburban areas, in the rural areas. That, she added, was why she had the most endorsements of current Iowa legislators and former Iowa legislators in this race.
Frank Bruni
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/15/opinion/iowa-democratic-debate.html