Waaaaaay different from the last one.  The 2 remaining contenders were cordial and there was no splintering or spinning or catty fighting.

Hillary looked much better this time around.  Much better.

But if I’m being honest (to borrow a phrase from Simon Cowell), I was so disillusioned by Hillary’s campaigning during/after the last debate that I don’t think there’s any redemption for her in my mind.  One of the reporters covering the debate tonight put it well.  He said, having worked with her, that there have always been two very different sides to Hillary, and when she walks into the room you’re never really sure which one you’re going to get.  I find that unsettling and a turnoff for a presidential candidate.

I also am very convinced that if there’s a national healthcare plan put in place, that it shouldn’t be mandatory.  Obama was/is apparently the only democratic candidate that agrees with me.

So on the Democratic side, I guess I’m really rooting for Obama.  If it comes down to Obama vs. McCain,  I think I’ll end up going Democrat this year.

If someone else manages to eek out the nomination on the republican side, well that might be an election worth having.

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