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    7 takeaways from the Democratic debate in Houston

    by Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times Sep 13, 2019 4 minutes

    Still sitting there, battered and benumbed?

    Take 10 presidential candidates, put them on a stage for nearly three hours and what you get is an onslaught of verbiage that taxed even the most stoic political devotee.

    None of the two prior rounds, in June and July, did much to shake the fundamentals of the Democratic race, and it remains to be seen whether Thursday's marathon session changes that equilibrium. It doesn't seem likely.

    Until that's clear, here are seven takeaways from the long night's journey in Houston:

    - JOE BIDEN GOES THE DISTANCE

    The former vice president and Democratic front-runner turned in one of his strongest and most assertive performances.

    He tossed out some of his usual word salad,

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