I also respect Obama’s healthcare stance, as well as the whole transparency thing he spoke about in terms of negotiating these plans. Back room deals with insurance companies, pharma reps, and lobbyists are the old way, and they have inflamed this mess. The same with the banks. Let a Senator and a bank CEO say it to the American people that they need to make more money for themselves by making bankruptcy more difficult for working folk. Both would then cease to be the faceless monoliths behind these laws that affect so many people’s daily lives. They would be held more accountable - the way it should be. Completely see-through. Senator X and Bank Y can try to pass that bill, but at least I will know which bank to boycott and which legislator not to vote for. Love the transparency thing!

Hillary needs to stop “lawyering” about the Iraq War vote. Just say you screwed up, we were lied to, and I intend to fix it, etc. Didn’t the Great American Blowjob Crisis of 1998 teach her anything? Don’t be a lawyer about these things, give a straight answer and just admit your mistakes. We’ll respect you more.

Word on the little desks, Grace. Also, I don’t know how much Politico.com paid to be there, but they should get a more articulate person up there to read questions. Wolf Blitzer is an inflamatory boob. Trying to create controversy, asking dumb questions, just being Wolf in the effin’ Situation Room Wolf. Why can’t the awesome and intelligent Anderson Cooper host these things?

Hillary’s mannerisms when she attends these events are killing me as I see more and more of her entrances. The pointing and the “you, you, you!” and the point-waving. Was there coaching by Bill on this point? “Honey, I do the bopping thumbs up thing, so you should probably do pointy stuff.” “You’re right Bill, it makes me seem like a real person, because I see people doing that stuff all the time.” Um, no you don’t Hillary. It just makes me want to order you some Ritalin. Isn’t pointing still considered rude? And also, the open-mouthed smile thing is ridiculous. Very distracting for a person who is easily distracted by things like hairdos. And by the way, Hillary’s hair looked good.

All that said, I’m very happy that we will have a good candidate no matter what.

I loved seeing Isaiah Washington, sensitive defender of gay rights, there in the crowd. Brandy was just happy to not be in jail for causing death on the highway. And Rob Reiner looked like he had a monstrous stick up his ass. He must have seen the rerun of his South Park episode the night before! Part of me thinks CNN wanted this to be a celebrity smackdown. It was really distracting and sorta makes the party look more out of touch with normal people. Except for those “Hello! You, you, you!” pointer people. They’ve totally got their finger on the pulse of those guys.

We fell a sleep to more of the debate last night (I got my sexy back, huh?) - honestly, that would have been a hard debate to base a decision on.

Your assessment thus far seems accurate. It was friendly for the most part, and they both impressed me with their display of wit and intelligence. The one thing I found odd was that everyone on stage was squeezed into little elementary school desks.