Edwards' delay at answering the question was not -- and should not be taken as a falter or hesitation. Who on this earth would answer with "one person who is your moral leader?" with exactly one person? What a dumb question. But Edwards -- after giving it some careful thought (and avoiding the minefield) answered with a reasonable and honest list of persons. Now unless you wanted him to answer Jerry Falwell or James Dobson or Pat Robertson or Bob Jones, scored an "A+" with his answer. Give me a break, Lauren, and appreciate a man who didn't just shoot from the lip. Even I (as an Obama supporter) can appreciate the grace with which John Edwards answered that idiotic question.

HILLARY AMERICA IS READY FOR "ALOT" OF OTHER THINGS..."MORE" THAN READY!!!

I am no Hillary fan, but that "multilingual" line is just darn funny.

I appreciate the fact that he actually paused to think before speaking instead of blurting out something stupid. I wish more people thought before they spoke.

I believe after listening to the democratic presidential hopefuls that their minds are too much into downgrading the republicans than upgrading politics and our countries state of affairs. The country wants to hear what they would do if elected not what the republicans did wrong while in office. I am a republican and conservative but vote for who ever is the best person for the job as I see it. The debate showed me that they are not the one for the job. They should focus on whats right for the country as outlined by the majority not what best fits their own agenda or their backers agenda.

The entire debate was too rushed and MSNBC should have figured out the timing before they started the thing. The most ludicrous thing though was dragging out all the pundits to decare HRC their big winner of the evening. Whaaa----- !?!?!? It was hilarious when Chris Matthews had to break it to his panel that the public and the pundits weren't even close! Poor Chris was about to cry when he had to declare HRC came in a distant 3rd, with Senator Obama winning handily and Edwards coming in second. When will the media get it??? Hillary Clinton can't even win a Daily KOS poll with over 25k votes (she comes in 5th or 6th EVERY month). Stop telling us she's in the lead!!!!!

Yo- Jack Wells of Austin, Texas: I think you need to buy yourself clue dude. First of all, the candidates responded to the questions that we're asked of them by the moderator. They didn't make them up, they didn't bash individual candidates in other parties, and they tried to stay within the time allotted to them in giving QUICK answers. The American public want to know what these candidates ---if elected--- would do differently than the party who has been in charge for the past 6 plus years. I honestly don't think anyone here gives a flying hockey puck what party you're affiliated and see no reason for you to even mention it. WHO CARES??? I have a kind suggestion for you. You just finished stating in your own words that you vote for the person and not the party. Then live up to those words and listen to how the Republicans do on May 3rd ***BEFORE*** you come out bashing the Democratic candidates. You haven't even heard the other candidates first, yet you claim to know who is "best for the job". Pah-leese. Saying that you vote for "the person", then making a ludicrous statement that you won't vote for any of the Democrats (WHEN YOU HAVEN'T EVEN HEARD THE R's YET) gives you zero credibility. What happens if after the next debate, you're not happy with the answers from the 12+ Republicans? Will you stay home and not vote? Your comments seem either dishonest or not clearly thought out. Did you see how rushed these candidates were? And you think that one HURRIED debate is all that it takes to know a candidate through and through? Incredible. Just incredible.

HILLARY CLINTON,WHEN ASKED ABOUT HAVING GUNS IN THE HOUSE MUST HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT THOSE EIGHT YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE,UNLESS THE SECRET SERVICE AGENTS WERE ARMED WITH WATER PISTOLS!

Hillary as multilingual??? Perhaps she derives this spin from the fact that she is a two-faced, forked-tongue transmorph and not really multi-linguistically proficient.

It would be appropriate for all the debating candidates to mention any or all of the following: There have been policy and ideological positions adopted by Bush and those in his administration that in and of themselves have cost lives, destroyed countries and cities, and may in fact have had an enduring negative impact on the globe and all human life. From Iraq to New Orleans, ignoring global warming to protecting fossil fuels, and rejecting international law and the U.S. Constitution, the Bush administration and its allies in Congress are regrettably responsible for some of the greatest crimes of the 21st century. In Iraq, for example, journalist Dahr Jamal exposes a hidden story of that war. Talking to people who witnessed the infamous battle at Fallujah in November 2004, Jamal documents atrocities sanctioned by Bush and ordered on that city by U.S. military commanders. He ties the transformation of Iraq into a "free fire zone" to torture and brutality committed in U.S. controlled prisons in Iraq, and to the failure of the occupation forces to rebuild the country after Bush's premature declaration of victory in May 2003. Greg Palast discusses the infamous Downing Street memo (this website was among the very first U.S.-based publications to reproduce), a secret British government document released to the British press in the spring of 2005. This memo indicates that British officials knew that the Bush administration's reasons for pushing for war with Iraq could not be substantiated. The memo, authored in July 2002, also shows that despite the Bush administration’s public claim to desire a diplomatic resolution to the crisis it had instigated with Iraq, British advisers had sufficient reason to believe that the administration intended to go to war regardless as early as the spring 2002. This was months before the massive public relations effort by the Bush administration that threatened the populace with Iraq’s imaginary WMD and the imminence of Iraq’s threat. Indeed, the author of the memo believed that as part of the public relations push the Bush administration had "fixed" intelligence to support their justifications for the war which, of course, amounts to the crime of fraud. Related documents extending the war plan timeline even further back to the opening months of 2002 were later leaked to the press. Surely you must agree that lying in order to start a war, ordering military personnel to break international and U.S. law by torturing people, breaking U.S. law to conduct illegal surveillance on people in the U.S. – chapters on "Ignoring Peak Oil," "Propaganda, Lies, and Patriotic Jingoism," and "Bush-Cheney's War on the Enlightenment": these are HIGH CRIMES. The many lies to the congress and the American people, the "I can't recall" testimonies, etc. should not be swept under the rug.

Linguistics Semiotics Prof - that would be fork-tongued, not forked-tongue. Do you deliver pizzas? I notice you kept it short so as to avoid too many linguistics pitfalls. If you're going with forked-tongue, you should have preceded that with twoed-face, just to be consistently wrong. "Forked-tongue" is a noun. You need the adjective "fork-tongued" for your description. There is no such term as "twoed-face". I was just having some fun there. Also, there is no such thing as "very unique" or "different than". They are common solecisms that even TV anchors commit. The word "transmorph" hasn't made it into dictionaries yet. Try typing it into an MSN email that has a spell checker and it will get red-lined. That word is still confined to children's science fiction books. I was able to Google two examples: one in Harry Potter and another in Lord of the Rings, [both aimed at the child's mind]. It refers to the magical ability to change from a mouse to a dragon, for example. Use of magic separates kid's science fiction from that aimed at adults. Your use of the word "transmorph" is the tip-off that you read children's science fiction books.

America is ready for a lot of things. But not Hillary Clinton. If Hillary had been asked the question about morals, it would have been a lot longer thought progress then John Edwards.

definition Hillary Clinton: Most qualified candadiate running...either party.

Multi-lingual?? nah, just self-aggrandizing pandering to a regional audience, due to the lack of a real personal/spiritual center, just like her husband. But, hey, it work on a majority of Americans for two terms in the '90's. No reason the ruse won't work again.

Hillary is going to be the reason gulliani will get elected then everyone that isn't wealthy will be rounded up and put to death,the republican mission will finally be complete

JIrby...your pre-occupation with pizza delivery marks you as the s.o.b. who stiffs hard working college kids when they try to deliver food to your sorry, corpulent hulk.

I thought it was a funny remark. Lighten up.

City limits. Is that a fact, little momma?

City Limits - Are you the same guy as the linguistcs prof? I see you are still screwing up the English language. Preoccupation is one word. I don't think you go to colllege. I think you flip burgers at MacDonalds. Oh, and by the way, I'm not interested in your opinion, you ignorant Republican Bush voting SOB.

Mark, you just allowed City Limits to call me an SOB, but whin I call him one, I don't get posted. Do you have a double standard favoring Republicans who change their names two or three times a day and never do anything but come on to insult somebody? I don't think I can live with that kind of rule.

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