The first few minutes of the Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas featured clashes between the top three candidates/prospects/suspects — Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards — over Social Security, Iran and telling the truth.
The rest of the night was seven candidates repeating speeches I’ve heard before. The Wolf Man seemed to be in another world. The part I like most was the clear animosity and sheer coolness that HRC exhibited when she entered the arena, simply iggin Obama and company, not shaking his hand. Obama, Edwards, Obama and Dodd came on stage shaking each others hand like they was at a Pimp’s Convention.
HRC stopped that jive real quick. I’m not going to tell you who won the debate(covering nose) but you decide. I still haven’t picked a pony in this race, so don’t start bugging me about who won. Give me your bias assessments. So Sound Off.
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NORTH CAROLINA Polls : A new WTVD-TV/SurveyUSA poll gives us an early snapshot of next year’s gubernatorial primaries. The Democrats: Lieutenant Governor Bev Perdue - 47%, State Treasurer Richard Moore - 38%. The Republicans: attorney Bill Graham - 26%, State Senator Fred Smith - 24%, former Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr - 15%.
In a major coup, former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) scored the endorsement Wednesday of influential televangelist Pat Robertson. A 1988 White House hopeful, Robertson runs the Christian Broadcasting Network and is the former national president of the Christian Coalition. The endorsement of Giuliani came as a surprise to leaders in the Religious Right movement, who warned for months that many Evangelical conservatives would back a pro-life third party candidate or stay home in November if the pro-choice Giuliani is the Republican nominee.
MSNBC’s Chuck Todd reported on current polling trends he’s seeing in surveys prepared for NBC/Wall Street Journal. Here are some excerpts: “General distrust of government is not a new phenomenon; it has been the fuel for electoral upheaval for decades. But it’s important to note that there may be evidence of a much angrier and anxious electorate than either party is preparing for in 2008. How angry are you?
