Sully on the Dem Debate

He focuses too much on Clinton, giving her the win with deep reservations:

"She did well, it seems to me. There were times when her robo-lecture act began to wear down my ear-drums, but, in general, Senator Clinton bestrode the debate as an authoritative figure. In fact, I've never witnessed a U.S. political debate in which a woman clearly dominated as she did tonight. She was hawkish, and I was frankly surprised to hear her state baldly that "we are safer than we were," referring to the Bush administration's counter-terrorism policies. (Truth be told, I don't really know the answer to that question, but I suspect we are much less safe than we were, say, two years ago. Fueling Jihad with an incompetent, half-assed occupation of a Muslim country is the worst of all worlds for national security.) She also deftly began to criticize the Iraqis for the chaos that the Bush occupation spawned. Well: up to a point. We had a six-month window of opportunity to leverage the removal of Saddam to reboot Iraq but we blew it. And that scarred little girl whose photograph I posted earlier today is not to blame for anything.


"Yes, there were the usual knee-jerk responses. Of course, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was a mistake, Senator. It doubled the rate of gay discharges from the military. It has denied us critical skills in a dangerous war. But Clinton cannot concede anything critical about someone she called at one point "my dear husband." Yes, I gagged on that one. What a total phony. But an effective, shameless one."

Don't forget Andrew, she's the one who's got to sleep with him...or at least live in the same state.

One thing I'm surprised about is that he didn't mention Edwards or Biden, who I think were on point, and he spent time on Obama who I think, with exceptions, got lost in the crowd. In fact the media spent alot of time on Obama, which makes me wonder how much the media is gearing up for an Obama nomination (it's the opposite of the 'M$M-Paul effect': they tell us he can't get nominated and thus he doesn't get nominated) which I'm sure would make for a great story. And, oh yeah, it would be historical too.