The Boston Herald article Warren shines in debate debut is the source for the video below.

I haven’t had a chance to view the video to see if there are any shots of my orange Moxie hat. Let me know if you spot it or Sharon sitting beside me.

You can read the article linked above and compare it to the 90 minute video to see if you come to the same conclusion.

I was sitting there and came to a different conclusion.

I was not that impressed with Elizabeth Warren.

The format was a mix of long form answers that lasted 1 minute, and quick answers that were supposed to take 10 to 15 seconds. This is not a format that a champion debater has honed her skills on. Debate skills are almost useless in this format.

The skill you need is to quickly come up with a short answer to a surprise question that finds the pithiest reflection of your deepest beliefs. There was one person there who managed to do this for almost every question. That woman was Marisa DeFranco. I had never heard of her before. Until tonight, I didn’t know she was running.

I know nothing about her except what was in the printed program. She may be running a campaign on a shoestring. I don’t know if she has a large enough campaign organization and funds to mount a credible campaign. If debates were all that mattered, I think she would have a shot.

I noticed that Warren and DeFranco got together on stage after the debate. If there were a vice-Senator position, perhaps she would have been recruiting her. (Fill in whatever names for the pronouns you want in the subject and object of that sentence.)