About this episode
Having emerged as the front-runner after his Nevada landslide last weekend, Bernie Sanders went into last night's Democratic primary debate in South Carolina with a target on his back. Far from a singular silver bullet, Sanders' opponents each took their own tack in coming for the Senator from Vermont, who seemed to deflect them all, earning him monikers from political analysts like " The Teflon Man ." Going into the debate, from which Joe Biden emerged largely un-attacked and thus unscathed, polls show the former Vice President with a widening lead in South Carolina's Primary on Saturday. Poll analysis website 538 project that Sanders will win a significant plurality of the delegates up for grabs on Super Tuesday next week, after which 61 percent of the nomination delegates will be apportioned. On Today's Show: Jonathan Capehart, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and member of The Washington Post editorial board, breaks down the debate in South Carolina where frontrunner Bernie Sanders is endure attacks from all sides.