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For now, links to campaign liveblogs/pages:
Watch each question as a separate video:
http://www.politicstv.com/blog/?p=3243
My "benchmate" at the debate: Jerome Armstrong http://mydd.com/
http://www.barackobama.com/index.php
http://www.hillaryclinton.com/blog/view/?id=10486
http://johnedwards.com/watch/debate-webcast/
Also, the debate streams live on http://www.cnn.com/
I will write thoughts and reactions, and post the transcript later, with better commentary and links.
The cadets are walking off stage, the candidates are at podiums, and Anderson Cooper just said, "We'll see what happens..."
And before everything went on air, after the audience warm up, there was a nervous silence...
Someone in the audience shouted: "Anderson, will you marry me?"
But the first video set the tone well. The submitter asked candidates if they would "actually answer the questions posed to you." Nice.
this set it off on an exciting foot. And then look how the suites of questions set out:
Suite 1: Change. It's about change. Reparations for slavery. Trust in Washington. Which Republican running mate would you pick if you had to...
Suite 2: Questions about race.
African Americans pay more for mortgages that whites (Edwards)
Obama: reparations start in our schools.
Kucinich is for reparations from slavery- not a lot of clapping for that...hmm
Morgan asked, if Katrina happened in a majority white city, would it have been as bad?
And this question, the one we've been waiting for: Senator Obama, how do you address questions that you're not authentically black?
Hillary next: is she woman enough?
Her campaign-submitted video answered that question: Sometimes the best man for the job IS a woman!
Iraq: Barry Mitchell's question "How do we pull out now?
And Obama ducked it: "we can be as careful getting out as were careless getting in." Lame talking point alert! I give Biden credit for answering in a less b.s fashion.
And now Hillary: we need to set a timeline now to start bringing our troops home. There is no military solution in Iraq. Aha, she brings up the Pentagon flack! She was a hero on that...but she attacks the Republicans.
Readers, do you find yourself agreeing with Kucinich when it comes to Iraq, or is it just me? And Gravel. Very moving.
Now Obama is giving Hillary a dig- he never would have even voted for the war.
Jeez, this discussion is evasive. Obama and Edwards especially.
Skip to debate's end: I'm in the "spin" room, watching spin. Elizabeth Edwards looks fantastic. Obama girl is somehow press-worthy.
And apparently, New Hampshire voters found Obama most favorable? Hmm.
