Jan. 31 2008 Democratic Debate: Enjoying the Substantive Policy Talk
There’s nothing snazzy for me to say about the Democratic debate going on right now, because there is no snazzy Jerry Springer moment. Both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have spent their time so far engaged in policy talk that is low in heat and high in light, drawing the largest distinction between the two of them as a set and the train wreck of the Republican policy agenda. I’m enjoying the substance of this free-form debate. Who knows if that will change as the debate progresses, but I sure do appreciate what’s going on right now.
8:54 pm Update: The discussion is still substantive, productive, empirical, and reasonable. This is audibly frustrating CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, who is trying to goad the candidates into a fight. There’s another 30 minutes to go, but there’s not much time for a fight to break out and to be resolved. I’m glad to see that the affair is being treated by the candidates with the seriousness governance deserves.
9:16 pm Update: Caaaaan you feeeeel the loooooove toniiiiiight, it is where we aaaaaaaaaaare…. my, my. What a comparative lovefest. I do believe these candidates have figured out that no matter who wins the presidential nomination, the other of the two ought to be the vice president on the ticket.
The most snazzy moment of the debate was when they were asked if they would be running mates together, and the both of them smiled from ear to ear - unrestrainable smiles like kids caught holding a cookie just before dinner time.
Body language as well as word language says that it’s Clinton-Obama or Obama-Clinton in 2008.
Woo hoo!