It’s fitting that we almost didn’t make it to this night, the midpoint in the interminable slog of Democratic debates, yet Loyola Marymount University has settled their labor dispute and no will will be crossing any picket lines to assemble in Los Angeles for yet another primary death match. We’ll watch a deeply preened crop of candidates—only seven have qualified for tonight’s debate, co-hosted by PBS NewsHour and Politico—speak to their vision of a democracy in its death rattles. (It is, after all, just 24 hours since the House of Representatives voted to impeach the sitting president and a mere 84,3930 hours since they began debating it.)