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At last night's ABC News/Facebook debate in New Hampshire, both parties' candidates held debates. After the Thursday's Iowa results presented Barack Obama as a winner and Hillary Clinton as a disappointing (to her campaign) third place, some interesting things transpired during the Democratic debate. Obama and Iowa runner-up John Edwards apppeared to team up against Clinton. The NY Times called it an "allegiance of convenience" and noted that the defining moment was when Clinton tried to call out Obama's leadership:
As Mrs. Clinton attacked Mr. Obama as waffling on the Patriot Act and Iraq war funding, she sought to make an ally out of Mr. Edwards. She suggested that Mr. Obama had hypocritically tried to paint Mr. Edwards as inconsistent on the issues. All eyes turned to Mr. Edwards, and he delivered a coup de grace — siding dramatically with Mr. Obama instead of Mrs. Clinton.Clinton made a sharp retort, which emphasized a theme more like "Producing change" (versus promising change that won't actually transpire). Her response did sound, yes, shrill and angry. Clinton was much more charming when asked about her likability issues:“Any time you speak out powerfully for change, the forces of status quo attack,” Mr. Edwards said, looking and gesturing toward Mrs. Clinton. Referring to himself and Mr. Obama, he added: “He believes deeply in change, and I believe deeply in change. And any time you’re fighting for that, I mean, I didn’t hear these kinds of attacks from Senator Clinton when she was ahead.”
The Daily News doesn't think Clinton took down Obama the way she needed to, giving the best review of the night to Edwards, who did sound polished (Obama, in our opinion, was not as rousing). According to polls, Clinton is leading, but Obama is gaining some momenthum, in NH. Her now-underdog campaign is hoping, if she loses, she can capture big states like Florida, California and NY.
On the Republican side, Mitt Romey was attacked by his five rivals. Here's a transcript of the Democratic debate and one of the Republican debate.
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Please for the love of god New Hampshire help us get rid of the Clinton regime!
Clinton's response to the likeability question was clever and flirtatious, but I found it kind of annoying. So, apparently, did Obama, to judge by his response.
clinton has lost my support with all her karl rove like attacks on obama...like when her aides suggestted he was muslim or that he said he wanted to be president when he was in kindergarden....hillary is tainted from being part of the corrupt system that is our goverment for so long...I hope its OBAMA in 2008!
Ouch, with the shrill voice and flailing arms - certainly not her finest moment, but it probably scored points for Edwards. As for the likability bit, it reminds me of the time a moderator asked Fred Thompson whether he was too LAZY to become President...
Clinton's mistake was in turning to Edwards for anything. He proved during the last campaign that he can't be trusted to do anything for anyone but himself. Kerry would have warned her about that.
I hope Bloomy will run but i dunno. All the rest of the candidates are gonna have the same problem of trying to keep the promises they made to their corporate contributers. I mean why should any company or special interest group contribute serious cash unless you get some kind of promise in return?
These 'Caucuses' things ought to be stopped. You shouldn't have to be registered with any party to vote in the primaries, or physically be there for 2 hours. Not only that, they need to do away with voter registration altogether. How come I can get approved for a credit card in like 2 minutes time but registering to vote is such a pain in the ass? Shouldn't your right to vote be automatically endowed to you with your citizenship?