04:24

The closing remarks are over, and the snap verdicts are in.

Overall the wind seems to be blowing in Cory Booker’s favor after he took Joe Biden to task, but not everyone agrees:

Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) After two hours into the #DemDebate2, who do you got in your top three?



I got Booker, Castro and Kamala.



Inslee, Gillibrand and Yang are also having good nights.

Kirsten Powers (@KirstenPowers) My final takeaway: @CoryBooker won the night. He was a happy warrior.



Great night also for @JulianCastro + @AndrewYang #CNNDebate

The Young Turks (@TheYoungTurks) .@cenkuygur says night two of #demdebate had, "Empty fireworks," and declares @GovInslee as the winner.



"He did a compelling job on the climate change issue, everyone deferred to him on it," adding that Inslee was above attacking others #tytlive pic.twitter.com/dJq4YhqvoV

Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) Was Harris bad enough that Booker could supplant her? I thought Booker was maybe the best out of any candidate on either night. But I think that probably overrates how much impact any one debate can have, especially one in the middle of the summer that won't get great ratings.

Meanwhile, some viewers called it for a candidate who wasn’t on stage:



Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) The winner of the Second Democratic Debate was...Elizabeth Warren. #DemDebate

Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) I think it's very clear that, of the 20 candidates on stage this week, @SenWarren won these debates. With @SenSanders a close second. Maybe @SenBooker or @JulianCastro in joint third place.



Well, that's my hot take, anyways.#DemocraticDebate

And get ready for this, Trump’s campaign manager is calling it for – can you guess?

