Kamala Harris just changed the direction of the presidential race | Cliff Albright

As the second round of Democratic presidential debates approached, one of the major questions on the minds of voters and political commentators was whether the candidates would focus on trying to differentiate themselves from each other, as was done the previous night, or whether they would focus on critiquing Donald Trump.

Senator Kamala Harris chose to do both, and she did so effectively, in what turned out to be the breakout performance of the evening.

Very early in the debate, when asked how the candidates planned to pay for their various proposals,