What they’re saying about the debate?
Posted by informedstudents on June 4, 2007
From the CNN Political Ticker:
- “[T]he eight contenders shed some of the collegiality of their previous group appearances” at last night’s CNN/WMUR/Union Leader Democratic Presidential Debate, “and made direct challenges to the votes and positions of their opponents on matters ranging from healthcare to energy policy.” (Boston Globe)
- It was “a wide-ranging, often heated debate that promised to test their appeal among influential New Hampshire Primary voters.” (New Hampshire Union Leader)
- The event “brought the top three Democratic contenders into close proximity and gave them their first real chance to joust in public.” (Washington Post)
- In “one of several striking exchanges – arguably the sharpest of the Democratic campaign” – Obama said to Edwards, “The fact is that I opposed this war from the start. So you’re about four and a half years late on leadership on this issue.” (New York Times)
- “Clinton, standing between them, happily stayed out of the crossfire.” (New York Daily News)
