Democratic Debate Open Thread

2:05pm Would you make it a priority to balance the budget? Obama simply didn't answer the question. Here's a thought - just say YES. Then you can the details. But my God, these roundabout political answers. Ugh. Richardson: Yes. Biden: Again, that "yes" word seems to be missing. Dodd: Again, can't say yes. Edwards: Hasn't said yes yet. What is it with these guys? Hillary: Even she's hedging a bit.

The last Democratic debate of the year. Finally.

It's live on CNN and FOX. MSNBC is delaying coverage for an hour because of some baseball thing with George Mitchell (the venerated George Mitchell, former Senator from Maine).

John and I are both watching. We won't do the blow-by-blow, but when anything interesting pops up, we'll post. It's harder to liveblog the Democrat debates because, for the most part, we agree with these candidates -- and need one of them to be our next President.