“A conversation, not a debate”
That’s what the CNN talking heads are calling it.
Seems I’ve been sitting here for two hours with a tight chest for nothing.
I really didn’t want Obama and Clinton to get ugly, but I agree with the commentators that they both played it safe, and that was kind of a let-down.
Still, I thought the questions were good, particularly the one about the differences between their policy platforms. I actually feel clearer now about where they both stand. Of course, either of their abilities to actually execute (and fund) these plans remains to be seen.
An Obama-Clinton or Clinton-Obama ticket? We could do worse.
I still miss Edwards. It bugged me that both Clinton and Obama are now biting his focus on poverty because I think it’s more pandering than an actual commitment to fight poverty.
February 1st, 2008 at 3:23 pm
While I did not see the debate I am just weary of the process. I want to just vote and get it over with now. The worry for is what this administration will do in its waning days.
Coming from Louisiana a nasty slug fest (campaigning) is not unusual and it seems even then that most voters figure out quite nicely for whom to vote. More fire/fighting may make some folks queasy but metal is forged by fire and you need to have a backbone of steel to be President of these United States.