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Thursday, November 15, 2007 - Posts
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A few glimpses of post-debate chatter from the UNLV Spin Room: - No one has anything to ask Mark Penn. The Hillary strategist stands there surrounded by a gaggle of shifting, near-silent reporters. What is there to ask? Hillary acquitted herself well. Read More...
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Sorry to focus so much on logistics, but does anyone else find this McLaughlin group seating arrangement really awkward? Biden remained sitting as he answered an audience member's question. Hillary stood up. Obama stood up, too, to rebut a remark by Hillary. Read More...
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Spotted in the transcript of CNN's pre-debate discussion: BLITZER: John, a quick thought from you, John Roberts? ROBERTS: Well, it will be interesting to watch how John Edwards and Barack Obama comport themselves tonight. They know that there is a crack Read More...
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I'm curious to see the final breakdown of who talked for how long tonight. So far, it seems like this debate is a lot more egalitarian than most. According to Chris Dodd's talk-o-meter , Bill Richardson has wagged more jaw than John Edwards. Maybe Biden's Read More...
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Hillary definitely saw this one coming. Responding to Campbell Brown's question about whether she's been exploiting her role as a woman, she unleashed this threefer: "I’m not exploiting anything at all. I’m not playing the gender card … I’m playing the Read More...
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Wolf Blitzer pushes Richardson to say he thinks human rights is more important than national security. Obama hedges, but somehow it doesn't sound like a dodge: "The concepts are not contradictory. They are complementary." For everyone who suggests Obama Read More...
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Vice presidential candidate candidate Bill Richardson sounds like he just came from a love-in: "John Edwards wants to wage a class war. Barack Obama wants to wage a generational war. ... I just want to give peace a chance." Read More...
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Obama, arguing that the driver’s license issue is a red herring, says that illegal immigrants “aren’t coming here to drive. They’re not coming here to go to the In-and-Out Burger.” Having just eaten a fantastically tasty In-and-Out burger—maybe one of Read More...
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As Hillary says “I respect all of my colleagues on this stage," you can see Joe Biden shaking his head and laughing. Blitzer then turns and asks for Biden to weigh in. "The American people don’t give a darn about anything going on up here tonight," he Read More...
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"This pantsuit is made of asbestos tonight." That was Hillary's first line, responding to Campbell Brown's suggestion that Hillary has trouble taking firm stances on controversial issues. It calls out people's hyperattention to her every move, and diffuses Read More...
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Because what happens in Vegas ... gets broadcast to the world. Here's the lectern line-up, left to right: Biden, Richardson, Kucinich, Hillary, Obama, Dodd, Edwards Seems a little odd to banish Edwards to the fringes, especially in favor of Dennis Kucinich Read More...
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"Don't worry, we'll leave a tip." -- A John Edwards aide reassuring the owner of Harrie's Bagelmania in Las Vegas, where Edwards stopped today to shake hands with supporters and purchase a plain bagel with cream cheese. Read More...
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada—As the Democratic presidential candidates prepare to debate here at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, let the parade of strained gambling metaphors begin. Hillary Clinton is called the " odds-on favorite ," the race in Iowa is still Read More...
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Dear Mr. Gravel, I'm sorry we didn't get a chance to talk today. I just wanted to chat about your alternative debate that you're holding in protest tonight. I know CNN didn't let you into the televised forum because you didn't raise enough money, so I Read More...
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John Edwards is determined to stop Hillary Clinton from becoming the Democratic nominee. So determined, it seems, that he's willing to risk his own candidacy. The Edwards campaign unveiled a new Web site today that scolds Hillary's camp for its question-planting Read More...
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