Like most democrats I will vote for either one.

Basically: A person who voted to invade Iraq can't be trusted to be commander in chief. Works against McCain as well.

Hillary's finally question, while effective, had a few problems.

The first is that she has so rarely shown any humanity in this campaign that the few times she does seem calculated and rehearsed in retrospect. I half expect her to start interjecting the "How do you do it line" into her stump speech, complete with a slight quiver in her voice.

The second is the Edward's line. It had a very specific cadence and a unique sentiment that put it on the level of the "just words?" line. I wouldn't have a problem with it if lifting lines from other politicans was her campaign's big bugaboo against Obama.

Finally, her vote to invade Iraq is part of the reason those soldiers were at the hospital.

Last night's debate was a relief for me as a Hillary supporter. She signaled to us that she was not going to hurt the party.Of course she won the debate on the merits as she has done her entire life. And she told the nation again why she is in it to begin with; a sincere desire to use her gifts to help the country and a sincere belief in herself as the agent of change.I believe that desire..to change things for people is at her core. Despite years of being;judged,ridiculed,demonized,mischaracterized in the most misyognistic terms imaginable,sabatoged by the press,and sometimes by her own husband she keeps going .That combination of intellect and guts does not come along very often and sadly the Democrats are going to take a pass.

I will stick with her until she says it is over. I will make phone calls to Texas and Ohio and hope against hope that the Democrats will stop and consider a few things like; which one is truely ready to take on the problems left by Bush and protect our country at the same time.

If Obama wins the nomination I will vote for him because I am a Democrat but I will let his followers do the work for him and pray that a man who has made it all about himself and encouraged his followers to make it all about themselves will remember at some point that there are many people hurting out in the country who truely do need solutions more than they need a guy who gives a really great speech.

I wish she would drop out of the race so that Obama could start concentrating on McCain...

Clinton's remarks that drew the standing ovation was truly the highlight of the evening, even if it continues to be grudgingly admitted by most of the media. But no, her detractors just couldn't leave it at that, could they? With Clinton, any win is still a no-win for her. Guess that's just part of the 'Clinton rules' that Paul Krugman discussed in the New York Times not too long ago.

I think her final statement was the comment of a unifying diplomat, and was not a bad way to close the debate.

And do you and the rest of the punditocracy have some crystal ball before you already telling you all with exactitude, less than a day after the event, the effect the debate will have on the electorate, i.e., nothing that will boost Clinton's chances in the upcoming primaries? I'm not saying it will, and not saying it won't, but can't you all wait till the votes are actually cast? Really, that long-held eagerness and alacrity from Clinton's non-fans in crowning and anointing the other candidate continues to show itself sans any prudence or grace.

http://wonkette.com/359517/hillary-plagiarizes-john-edwards-bill-clinton

Her lack of authenticity is matched only by her opportunism. I wasn't a big Obama supporter until last night. After seeing Hillary accuse Obama of being a xeroxer and then doing her own copycatting, I'm going to call a spade a spade. Very disappointing, Mrs. Clinton.

Disclosure: I am a Clinton supporter.

Barack Obama will make a GREAT president if elected. I look so forward to years of intelligent, insightful leadership.

However. Anyone who actually listened to this debate and thinks that Hillary Clinton doesn't simply know more than Barack Obama really wasn't listening. The woman is not only brilliant, but has SO done her homework.

She will make a GREAT president.

Sorry -- no magic bullet. A lot of people who follow debates remembered that line from John Edwards because it made a big impression when he said it. That's when he was "the grown-up," so it came out recycled from Hillary, and then, when she turned and said how proud she was to be on the stage with Barack Obama, we got the idea that this was her, quite classy, valedictory statement. She's hoping for the best for America and she's going to get behind Barack Obama.

While I don't deny that HRC has real feelings for her country(or her ascent to power) Most of us do.

But if you don't think that 'genuine' moment at the end wasn't pure political calculation, you've been watching a different campaign.

The last place Hillary got any traction was in New Hamsphire, when she was asked 'How she kept going'. The tearful moment!!! Tucked into the middle of that closing love sonnet(valedictory) last night was a reference to 'How she kept going'---it KILLED in NH! Seems all you media Hallmark folks forgot you got the same card back then.

As to the reference to her Edwardesque close, in case you haven't noticed she frequently, goes a paragraph too far. I admire her, I don't admire this campaign. It has sounded hollow and calculating from the beginning. If a measure of her competence is how she has run this campaign---then, no thank you. If the measure of her sincerity is distilled down to her two 'real' moments in over 156 days of this spectacle. Then, really. NO THANK YOU.

Does she so mistrust us that being real is a last ditch effort?

Real is what we are hungering for.