Democratic Debate: No major gaffes but not much excitement either.

I only was able to watch this in dribs and drabs last night (life can be so distracting sometimes), but what I saw convinces of a few things.

• Hillary will never escape her vote to go to war. Nor should she.
• Barack Obama is a great speaker. But continuing to point out that he did not vote for the Iraq war is ridiculous since he was not in the Senate yet and could not have participated. It is like the guy on the sidelines of a ballgame claiming that he would have caught that last ball if he were in the game.
• Kucinich does not realize that having a hot young wife makes him look like a sad old pervert. (And if he believes she is attracted to him because of anything other then his money and access to power then he is even more delusional then George W. Bush.)
• Mike Gravel unfortunately is a good representative of what Alaskan politicians are really like. We are very eclectic up here.
• John Edwards excuse for the $400 haircut was lame. He immediately made the point that he had come from humble beginnings. But the fact is that he is showing a type of extravagance that makes him seem out of touch with the average American. We see that as wasteful and pretentious. I will never vote for somebody because of their hair.
• I don't believe that most of Hillary Clinton's supporters are really supporting her. They are supporting the return of Bill Clinton to the White House. If she did not have him she would have absolutely no shot.
• Watching the Democratic hopefuls all gathered in one place made me realize that there was somebody missing. Al Gore. And that when he shows up, everything changes.