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Yesterday's Politico quotes Barack Obama as saying:
"The press would love nothing more than to put Hillary and me in a steel cage and let us fight it out on TV."
Say, that would make for pretty darn good TV. Meanwhile, here are my favorite moments from Monday's debate:
  • A snowman asks a question about global warming.
  • After bragging about their hybrid cars, the candidates are forced to answer whether they traveled to the event via private jet.
  • Barack Obama answers a question about whether he is "authentically black enough" by saying he feels plenty black when hailing a cab in Manhattan.
  • Later, Obama says he sends his kids to a private school because it's only five minutes away from his house.1
  • John Edwards says that he doesn't like Hillary Clinton's coat.
  • Obama says that Edwards is wrong about the coat. He likes it, in fact.
  • Joe Biden jokes that the only thing he likes about Dennis Kucinich is his wife.
1Obama said the other reason why his two daughters attend the University of Chicago Lab School is that he used to teach there.

Comments

Anonymous said…
i've got to read politico more
July 25, 2007
dl004d said…
There's no need for another Politico-bashing thread, but my response is: no you don't need to read it more.
July 25, 2007
Josh said…
It's always time for another Politico-bashing thread.

Allow me to summarize Politico:
"Sources say that Democrats are stupid."
July 25, 2007
Josh said…
This just in: Everything is going according to plan for President Bush, sources tell Politico. He's never been stronger. Or handsomer.
July 25, 2007
Josh said…
Sources tell Politico that Sen. Feingold is a jerk.
July 25, 2007
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