Health care? Policy towards Iraq? Troop withdrawals? Will these be talked about after the debate?

Hell no! What will be talked about after the debate is how the Democratic candidates responded to the MoveOn crap.

Daniel? Stop advertising....

Although I'm a notorious Hillary supporter here, I am pleased the nurses are advocating for single payer system. Keep all the nominees feet to the fire on this one.

Single payer system probably ain't gonna happen, but it's the right way to go as I see it.

That ad is a horrible idea. Asking for the impossible is a great way to repeat the first Hillary healthcare plan that went down in flames. That's why the new plans start with a politically possible alternative that has a government plan competing with private insurers. If/when the gov't plan wins, it can be implemented across-the-board.

Daniel:

Try reading that WMUR poll again.

17% had definitely decided on a candidate.

55% were firmly undecided, with the rest leaning towards a candidate.

Key takeaway: Only 17% of the electorate has made up their mind.

by the way, this is streaming live on msnbc.com

Unfortunately, you need to use IE, because msnbc is evil.

Obama isn't taking the opportunity to respond to Gravel challenging his decision to miss the Lieberman-Kyl vote. Disappointing.

(I'll stop posting to myself now :) )

hahaha

Russert: "You made your point."
Gravel: "But I want to make a better point."

Bush-Cheney lite wouldn't answer the questions.

I think there's plenty of room for debate there. It's the only current available clean (disregarding, for a moment, disposal) scalable energy technologies. No other single technology available to us today could be make us completely energy independent. There are tons of issues, certainly, but I don't think they're insurmountable as long as we move carefully.

Yucca, while it has its problems, seems like the answer to a lot of the disposal issues. Yucca, of course, has its own problems. There are pros and cons for EVERY energy technology, and I think nuclear's pros significantly outweigh its cons. After all, biodiesel/ethanol, if expanded aggressively, would magnify destructive deforestation and habitat destruction and water shortages. Wind seems like the best option, but real estate, hearts and minds, cost and a number of other factors are holding it back. Coal is obviously another horrible solution. Solar is an option, and should be part of our energy equation, but the technology simply isn't there (people have been saying it will be there in 10 years for 30 years). To relieve the country's energy needs, using current and near-projection technology, solar just isn't realistic on a large scale for municipal energy generation.

I hope all these technologies continue to develop, but the left repulsion to nuclear is a knee jerk reaction. All these technologies have significant drawbacks. We need to figure out safe, scalable, effective methods to utilize these technologies if we're ever going to avert energy crisis, and extricate ourselves from the Middle East.

Agree that Edwards did a great job at portraying himself as the un-Clinton tonight, and Obama did not have a good night. But Clinton did not lose either; she was on the defensive most of the night, but she held her own!
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