"You could tell, on that stage, okay, that guy's in charge of the room here - it's David Eby.” - Keith Baldrey, Global News

“Doerkson given an opportunity to explain how he plans to fund his campaign promises without making cuts to essentials. Has no answer.” - Shannon Waters, The Narwhal

“If I was grading them on their command of policy, I would say that David Eby came out on top.” - Hamish Telford, UFV

“Eby put forward the reason for the election, plus how he’ll grow the economy and protect health care and education. Doerksen was nervous and a bit random; Lowan unserious.” - Shannon Phillips

“Doerkson not making sense trying to thread the expansion of PST to long-term care facilities, in a very bad effort to appeal to seniors.” - Mo Amir, Vancolour

“Lorne Doerkson spent some time having to defend some of his policies, specifically around costing. We don’t know the costing yet; we don’t know if there will be differences with ICBC. There’s still questions to be answered.”- Ben O’Hara-Byrne, Global

"[Doerkson] struggled sometimes with the complexity of things." - Ben O'Hara-Byrne, Global

“Wow! Eby DEBATEMOGGING Doerkson on the last open debate when Doerkson didn’t know how to kick it off, so Eby just cut him off and went into his own monologue.” - Mo Amir, Vancolour

"Doerkson has to work more on his policy. He has to come up with some specifics and some details. I’m a little bit surprised he keeps coming back to the ICBC issue, after what we went through with ICBC before. He can't answer where rates are going to go, and other policies he needs to fill in the specifics and the details.” - Hamish Telford, UFV

“I may just put a comment to the BC Conservatives. You can't criticize a government's policy and then not show up with policy to be able to counter that with. And unfortunately for the BC Conservatives, and I think for British Columbians right now, is that they're being asked to vote for a party that isn't able to answer any of the very serious questions. They're acting very much like an opposition party… You can criticize and raise the issues. You have to have solutions, and I think that's what's in front of British Columbians right now. There are two platforms, there are two options, and the BC Conservatives don't have one.” - Adam Olsen, former BC Green Leader

“[Doerkson] was on the defensive about ICBC.” - Sophie Lui, Global

“Lorne getting absolutely bullied on the ICBC rate segment. Brutal” - Bryan Breguet, former Conservative candidate

“If you can’t make sense of the DRIPA exchange in the #bcpoli debate, you’re probably not alone. Incoherent and unproductive, mostly because Doerkson has harped on Eby without providing any semblance of a solution.” - Mo Amir, Vancolour

“Doerkson: Provided minimal substance and did not explain how his party will pay for their promises despite being asked repeatedly. He failed to convince of his party’s stability. He spent most of the debate attacking David Eby.” - Nicola Spurling, BC Green candidate

“I’ve watched A LOT of political debates... Lorne Doerkson’s performance tonight is the worst debate performance I’ve seen in my entire life.” - Trevor Norris

“[Doerkson] struggled to clearly articulate his positions, often talking around questions rather than answering them directly.” - Guy Felicella

“Eby is very strong so far. Lorne's learned responses won't last 2 hours.” - Bryan Breguet, former Conservative candidate

“Not sure if David Eby’s opponents are letting him sign his departure or resurrect his party’s fortunes as he dominates this debate. Con supporters must be frustrated.” - Gary Mason, Globe and Mail

“Eby was probably the most consistent and steady in this debate… Doerkson gets his licks in on Eby, but struggled to convey a clear vision, coming off as disjointed, too broad in talking points, and sometimes even off-topic.” - Mo Amir, Vancolour

"It was clear who the Premier was tonight." - Keith Baldrey, Global