Dem debate in Nevada

Posted by David Roberts at 1:07 AM on 16 Jan 2008

Well, the Dem debate in Nevada this evening was largely an excruciating affair, thanks to the world-historical vapidity, ignorance, and pettiness of moderators Tim Russert and Brian Williams. Before you do anything else, go read Matt Yglesias' new piece, "The Unbearable Inanity of Tim Russert." It could not be more right on.

In what, as far as I can tell, was the only even mildly interesting, Grist-relevant moment in the debate, John Edwards unambiguously rejects nuclear power:

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hardball vs. curveball

Yes, it is funny how, instead of going to church, or doing anything else appropriate to a Sunday morning, say, sleeping, there is a class of Americans who like those political talk-shows. And for some reason, Tim Russert's "Meet the Press" seems to receive the highest praise -- from the DC press crew. There are many ways of conducting interviews, and I agree with Matthew Yglesias that Russert's approach does no one much good, really, save the DC press crew.

The detail about CNN's Suzanne Malveaux, whom personally I like, is sad. Clearly she muted an "intriguing open-ended" question, complying to the closed-minded categorization that the DC media recognize.

The debate itself I did not see. And it is still too early for me to run the video with John Edwards on nuclear energy. But this seems like a fair review, from the hometown paper:

http://www.lvrj.com/news/13832847.html

Why in the world were there people still thinking afterwards that the race is between only Hillary and Obama, when John Edwards spoke so well? Obama seems not to have said much of interest at all.

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by caniscandida at 2:53 AM on 16 Jan 2008

Only one candidate clearly met Hansen's test

Ummm, that only one of the three would unambiguously say "No new coal plants unless and until they can sequester carbon" seems mildly of interest to Grist, no?

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by JMG at 6:13 AM on 16 Jan 2008

Kucinich and Gravel

I was really disappointed that Kucinich and Gravel weren't there. And Kucinich even put up a fight in court.

The debates are pretty meaningless, especially without those two. It's just the candidates talking about how great they are, which is rather disgusting.

by inkabinkaboo182 at 12:49 PM on 16 Jan 2008

JMG,

I must have missed that. Seen any video of it online?

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by David Roberts at 1:02 PM on 16 Jan 2008

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