Political Smackdown

Last night after a delicious burrito from Chipotle (thank you, thank you to whoever is responsible for adding one here in PA!) John and I settled in to watch the entire two hour Democratic debate on CNN. Both of us follow this campaign very closely as we believe it's an important and drastic time for our country. With that said, I'm not much of a political talker but there are a few points I'd like to make...

-I am a proud registered Democrat and I support Barack Obama. I dislike Hillary Clinton and if she is the nominee I will have to strongly think about whether or not I will vote in the general election.

-What the hell was up with that forum? I swear the 'no rules' policy taken on by CNN was totally ridiculous. Hardly any questions were truly answered and most of them were phrased for battle between the candidates. During the second half I turned to John and asked if they were going to be bringing out the mud wrestling pit as Wolf Blitzer said it was going to get even more lax.

-Was it just me or was Hillary's outfit like something straight off the Star Trek collection? All she needed was a boomerang broach. Who dresses her?

-I do think John Edwards made a point to step it up a notch. In previous debates he seemed like an after thought. Both John and I did like a few statements that he made which surprised us.

-I would have liked to seen Barack not stumble as much. He is a bright and eloquent speaker, but these debates don't seem to suit him. I think he must be doing something right, though, to garner as much heat from the other two that he did.

I look forward to Saturday and what is to come from South Carolina...