April 27, 2007
Format This
The format, in which candidates were limited to 60-second answers and not allowed to engage each other, kept the debate civil. The night's only real exchange came when Dennis Kucinich challenged Barack Obama for saying, once, that all options were on the table with respect to Iran, charging "You're setting the stage for another war."
Standing, from left to right, were Mike Gravel, Dennis Kucinich, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, John Edwards, Chris Dodd and Bill Richardson. In the spin room, Biden's political director Danny O'Brien seemed pleased with Biden's center stage positioning. He said it was randomly determined before the debate. O'Brien: "When you're a second-tier candidate, you take what you can get."
The debate took place in SCSU's heavily guarded MLK Auditorium. Prior to going live, Brian Williams told the crowd he was trying to work on the temperature. But it only seemed get worse: on stage, Richardson, Edwards, and Obama were sweating and the program turned into a makeshift fan for many in the audience [NORA McALVANAH]
Posted at 09:30 AM
Comments
I thought the whole debate was ridiculous. The questions were awful, the moderator was poor, and the length was too short.
Robert P. | 04.27.07 12:25 PM
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The debate was terrible, and you wanted it to be longer? :)
fulch | 04.29.07 02:01 PM
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