The Democratic Debates

Been watching the Democratic debate on Fox here and there over the last hour. So far:

Edwards sounds washy. Nothing specific that I can remember, he just seems to be weak. Also see Drudge here. Interesting stuff on Edwards.

Kucinich just sounds wacky. Free education from age 3 through college? For some reason I don't think we'll be able to afford that plan.

Kerry sounded weasely; Sharpton sounds like a Francophile surrender-pacifist. Clark hasn't really said much of anything.

Liberman is the only one who sounds halfway reasonable. Some of his plans like Medikids are too socialistic for my tastes, but he's the only one that seems to be sticking to trying to convey a positive message.

Haven't heard Dean yet. He must have spoken while I was doing homework with the youngest.

UPDATE:

Edwards just came out supporting the extension of the Brady Bill and of limiting the scope of Second Amendment. Don't like that.

UPDATE 2:
Acutally, I was typing while Clark was talking about the Patriot Act and he sounded (tone of voice only here - didn't catch the actual words) incredibly arrogant. Not good.

UPDATE 3:
Lieberman just talked about prescription drug costs and went on about foreign price controls, unfair treatment of Americans, and of some of the quirks of the prescription drug bill. I don't think he understands the root problem (a post to come).

UPDATE 4:
Dean is claiming that there is no al-Qaida in Iraq. I guess he must not have been reading the news stories from months ago claiming such.

UPDATE 5:
Liberman just took a pretty smack at the denials of some of the other candidates as to the threat posed by Saddam.

UPDATE 6:
Clark wants to get ACLU pre-approval before instituting systems, like CAPPS 2, that may actually provide much greater security with very little civil rights intrusion (I'll post why I think CAPPS 2 really is not a great concern for me at some point)

UPDATE 7:
Sharpton thinks we should talk to the Iranians to expedite the fall of the thugocracy. He also believes the UN is the best way to go in replacing the regime. A bad idea followed by a worse one.

UPDATE 8:
OK, they just seem to be getting worse and worse, not even bothering to even pretend to answer the questions. I'm done.