I’m a little late to the party here as I was in the spin room listening to the surrogates for the Republican candidates. So, I’ll come back to the foreign policy section after the debate.
The first thing to notice is that John Edwards is riding to Obama’s defence as Hillary tries to attack him. Edwards is depicting Clinton as the candidate of the status quo. Edwards’s attack was brutal. Hillary is firing back now. If she can’t rebut this charge, then it is over for her.
Bill Richardson starts with a joke, “I’ve been in hostage negotiations that were more civil than this.” He then goes on to ask what’s wrong with experience and rattles through his record.
Charles Gibson, the excellent moderator, then asks them how they reconcile their opposition to the surge to the success that it has had in dampening down the violence in Iraq.
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