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It’s now around 9:10 pm eastern and it has started live from Las Vegas, Nevada.
My initial reaction is that this appears to be a much more subdued, more civil event. The issue of race was almost immediately put to rest on the first question where Clinton explained that supporters sometimes get out of line and this shouldn’t be about race. Obama immediately agreed with her statement. Moving on, I’ll have more comments and video clips as they come out.
Update @ 9:52 pm
I think John Edwards’ biggest problem is that Obama and Clinton basically steal his message. Not steal it as if they’re copying him, but that his message isn’t that different from their’s and neither are his proposals. He can’t compete with their star power on a national level.
Also, Kucinich lost his last minute appeal so he was excluded by MSNBC based on Iowa and New Hampshire results.
Update @ 10:12 pm
Some clips now rolling in, here’s the opening questions on race:
More analysis and clips to come.
Update @ 11:03 pm
It’s over and done. My overall impression is that very little personal attacks were launched, it largely remained solely a discussion of the issues, which is good. There were some minor discrepancies over the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste facility in Nevada. Also, some more heated discussion over issues such as Edwards saying that Obama and Clinton have taken cash from big corporations.
It was largely civil. What was everyone else’s opinion? Also, if you missed it, I’ll have the entire video up in a couple hours.
Update:
Here’s the entire debate video:
Video: MSNBC Democratic Debate From Las Vegas, Nevada 1/15/08
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Democrats Debate in Las Vegas
Who Won the MSNBC Democratic Debate in Las Vegas?
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Hillary definitely won. She is so strong and brings so much experience and understands the change that needs to be made. Clinton for ‘08. She definitely brought out points that proved Edwards and Obama are not the best fit and lack experience to be an effective leader at this time of need for the country.
You can’t connect experience with judgement. Dick Chaney and Donald Romsfield had the most experience of anyone, and we can see how well that has turned out. In the debate the first question regarded using race and gender in the election. She pointed out that race and gender had no place. Afterward she pointed out John and Barack both have something to bring to the table. She then said “I, as a woman,…” She says gender shouldn’t be an issue and its the first thing she uses.
Hillary has one goal take money from the middle class to raise the lower class, “it take a village.” The point is to give the lower class an opportunity to raise up not just hand it to them with money from people who already work hard to earn it.
Improve education, make higher education more accessable to the ambitious that want to continue, create more jobs, keep jobs in the US. This will help improve things. One rule of business is money does not always motivate.