At 7pm eastern time, MSNBC will be broadcasting the first Democratic presidential debate of the 2008 season. A little early, no? All the candidates will be at South Carolina State University and Brian Williams will moderate. We’ll have a special feature at Booman Tribune (assuming it works right).
During the debate we will be streaming into the war room, where Deputy Campaign Manager Matt Butler, Policy Director Amos Hochstein and other campaign staffers from Senator Chris Dodd’s team will be available to answer questions. They’ll be scanning threads here to see any comments you have.
This is an opportunity to get more info out of the Dodd campaign than is possible during such a crowded debate (with Dodd, Clinton, Edwards, Obama, Richardson, Biden, Kucinich, and Gravel).
I expect Dodd to emphasize his support of the Feingold-Reid legislation designed to safely end the war in Iraq, and his promotion of a corporate carbon tax to combat global warming.
Have a question ready and I’ll put up the streaming thread around 6:45 or so.
I won’t be on, but I’d love the chance to ask what ever happened to the investigation into Options Contracts purchased on Airlines in the days just before 9/11. I don’t care if Chris Dodd knows nothing about this stuff – I just don’t like how this essential question is brushed off and would take the opportunity to plant the thought in a Senators head that maybe it is worth asking ‘Qui bono?’
I hope we get some clear concise answers from all of them instead of a bunch of non answer answers.
On another note, Riverbend finally has a new diary up today and sadly she says that her and family are planning on leaving Iraq..that is if they aren’t turned back at the border.
the Hillary-love fest continues in the MSM — Tweety Matthews first asked if the other candidates will have to defer to her, not attack her out of fear of arousing solidarity amongst women. (At least Keith Olbermann suggested the same worries about candidates attacking Barack Obama, out of fear of solidarity amongst minorities.)
Now Tweety asked a guest, “What’s Hillary wearing?”
Will we ever reach a day where such questions are seen as ridiculous as they are?
what’s Mike Gravel wearing?