Throughout this liveblogging process I will heroically not refer
to Wolf Blitzer as Teddy Ruxpin. And we're off:
Obama is helped being placed next to Clinton. She is not
imposing beside him. But oh what a slow start. "I appreciate this
opportunity?" Better than Clinton's See-N-Say slogans, at least.
A-a-a-nd...meltdown. Heckler a Hillary plant? Round one Obama.
Edwards saves himself from the brink of oblivion and unleashes
the hounds. Hillary-Bush-Cheney. Continues to defend a system
that's broken, rigged, and -- yes -- corrupt.
Clinton comes back up for air. On what planet is John Edwards'
"mud" "right out of the Republican playbook?" This is an
extraordinarily weak defense. And the Hillary-shout kicks in.
Joe Biden continues to be the most appealing voice up there.
He's utterly at ease without being a slouch. And the Hillary-cackle
kicks in. Biden will "immediately interface with Putin" to get him
off Saak's back.
Back to Edwards, still on Clinton, still on corruption, still on
choices. Scattered boos at another attack on HRC turns into a round
of applause for JE's red meat. Time for a Dodd break.
topics:
Joe Biden
About the Author
James Poulos is a doctoral student at Georgetown and the former Political Editor of Culture11. His writing has been published by The American Conservative, The National Interest, The New Atlantis, Partnership for a Secure America, and The Weekly Standard. In addition to AmSpecBlog, he has blogged at The American Scene, Doublethink, and Postmodern Conservative, which he founded. With degrees in political science and law from Duke and USC, he is currently at work on a dissertation about life after Napoleon. In his spare time he anti-blogs at Pish Tosh.
