Democrats prepare for high-stakes debate
Here's an indication of how pivotal the leading Democratic presidential candidates believe tonight's Las Vegas debate could be: Despite the fact that the Nevada caucuses are just four days away, the contenders cleared their schedules today to prepare for tonight's event.
Neither Barack Obama nor Hillary Clinton have public events scheduled today leading up to the debate, which begins at 9 p.m. EST and will be broadcast on MSNBC. (Brian Williams and Tim Russert will moderate.) John Edwards has one event scheduled, a meet-and-greet with voters followed by a media availability in Las Vegas.
The last Democratic debate, on Jan. 5 in Manchester, N.H., may well have helped Clinton win over enough undecided voters to pull off what looked like an improbable New Hampshire primary victory. Surely all the candidates tonight will be watching their words -- and their opponents -- very closely.







the debated did not help Clinton, the scanning "diebold" machine did. What don't you start looking into this miracle?
Technician appears were allowed to break the security seal to so-call fix the machine during the election day
It's much harder to rig a caucus but the Clintons are doing their best.
They can debate the details of their policies all they want but nothing will ever get passed or changed unless one of them can end the partisan gridlock. The special interests only win when they keep us divided and pitted against each other. I wish they would focus the entire debate on their approach for reaching across the divide to unite a governing coalition that can get things passed and move our country forward.
I don't see how Hillary's polarizing nature or Edwards heated rehtoric can get it done. I think Obama is the only one with the skills to get new people involved in the process and bring people together to make real change and progress happen.
I found this great article on the topic at www.SAVAGEPOLITICS.com. It raises some great issues. Here is an excerpt:
"For the last couple of days we have heard incessant commentary in the mainstream mediums about the racial issues brought up recently in the Democratic side of this season’s primary elections. This, amongst the vast criticisms that the Clinton campaign has received for supposedly sending out “agents” to spread rumors about Barack Obama’s not too lustrous past, has Hillary’s supporters scrambling for cover. Apparently, or so the press claims, there exists certain knowledge about a candidate’s past that we are not supposed to discuss because they are “insensitive” or “negative”. Robert L. Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television and supporter of Hillary Clinton’s candidacy, recently caught some heat when he made public references to Barack Obama’s past drug use (cocaine and marijuana) for being “ugly” attempts to discredit Obama’s reputation amongst conservative Democrats. Tonight, in Nevada’s Democrat debate, we will probably get to hear these candidates respond to this so-called “mud slinging” charges, which up until now are being leveled against both camps, and probably witness a pathetic “coming together” in which both lead candidates leave all this controversy behind. An act which is only done out of pure self-interest since they both know that this “race and gender” discussion hurts both camps somewhat equally. Once again, instead of witnessing an actual debate on real issues, we will get washed down campaign slogans, ad nauseum. What is the information contained in this Fine Print that the Media keeps pushing us to ignore until the election is over?..." Visit www.SAVAGEPOLITICS.com to see the rest of the article.
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