Jan. 21 CNN Dem. debate in South Carolina *live commentary thread*

[Mr. Morden]

Figured I'd post this early in case people didn't know about this debate.  Looks like it starts at 8pm Eastern and runs for two hours.  I can't find any info about which candidates they invited.  This will be the second to last Dem. debate before Super Tuesday (the last one being next week in CA).  There are no debates scheduled after that, as the race may very well be over in two weeks.  The GOP has two more debates as well (one in Florida on Thursday, and one in CA next week).

[Mr. Morden]

Bump.  I'm looking forward to some fireworks over Bill Clinton and the supposed "dirty tactics" of both sides in NV.

[Mr. Morden]

CNN story on the debate:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/21/debate.preview/?iref=hpmostpop

Looks like, yes, just Clinton, Obama, and Edwards.  No Kucinich or Gravel.

[Mr. Morden]

Maybe I posted this too early.  In the old days, we'd have debate threads start a day in advance, and they'd still be on the front page when the debate started.  Now there's too much activity on the board these days.  I have to keep bumping this to keep it up there.

Anyway, anyone want to offer predictions for this debate?  How tense will it be between Clinton and Obama?

[Mr. Morden]

McCain is getting mentioned in this debate as much as HRC is usually mentioned in the GOP debates.