Democratic Debate

Very civil. They wanted to provide their subtle differences on the issues, and contrast them with the Republicans'. Team-building exercise. Most enthusiastic question was near the end about a Clinton-Obama or Obama-Clinton ticket. Not close to the hostility of some of the previous debates.

Obama came out looking stronger than Clinton on Iraq, but only on the past. Their foreign policy for the future is essentially the same. We'll see if this debate makes a big difference on Tuesday, but I doubt it will.

I wonder if all the attacks and violent banter came from Edwards? Without him, very civil. With him, bark bark.

Edwards....

SC

Most people were predicting an Obama win, but by that much!? He doubled up Hillary.

Momentum heading into February 5th, but it's looking as if Super Tuesday is as likely to leave things confused as it is to provide a front-runner.

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Emily Hughes missed the US Championships. Oh well. And Kimmie Meissner disappointed.

Super Bowl in a week.

Leadup to Super Tuesday

There's a very interesting Democratic debate coming up tonight. Not the least interesting parts being to see whether Obama and Clinton make up and kiss or go back on the assault. It seems that they have a "truce," which is probably a good thing. The problem with attacking members of your own party is that it doesn't lead to anything productive, only the possibility of yourself getting elected. Unfortunately they're both so into this race that it can still go either way, and "attacking" the other may be the best way to help get themselves elected.

Again unfortunately, MSNBC has just excluded Dennis Kucinich from tonight's debate. I don't see the reasoning behind this, unless it's a very cynical one. I find it disappointing.

At the same time, the Michigan Republican primary goes on. I guess it'll be McCain, but we'll see. Another strong finish for Mike Huckabee would be very interesting for his chances, but I don't see him competing. There just aren't enough evangelicals to carry him. It also appears that the biggest issue of today is not Iraq, illegal immigration, or abortion, but the economy. It will be interesting to see who Michigan voters have decided can best help the economy.