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Morra and I muscled through two debates last night in which candidate after candidate claimed the mantle as Changiest in the Race. The Internet was spotty in the press filing room, which was the biggest I've ever seen-- a veritable sea of mainstream media--illustrating once again the irony that covering one of these events from home is often easier and more effective than doing it on site. (Video of Morra and me reacting and making predictions below the fold.)
I thought the debates were substantive and combative. It was interesting and beneficial to conservative voters to hear the Republican candidates really get into the details of their health care fixes and their immigration plans.
The Hillary camp must have been positively pulling its hair out over the question posed to Republicans about a hypothetical Obama nomination. Republicans took the question at face value and treated it as a real possibility, thereby designating about seven minutes of the Republican debate to Obama's resume during which Hillary was ignored entirely. I also appreciated the question about the dividends of the surge in Iraq posed to Democrats, which likely had McCain's people jumping up and down since he's the only candidate who can really claim being for the surge before it was cool to be for the surge.
Morra and I did a quick reaction video from the luxurious press room, which was a huge college gym. We throw out some predictions for Tuesday at the end...
