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My, how the crowd has thinned out

Filed at 11:01 pm, Wednesday January 30th 2008
by Arlen Parsa

July’s CNN Democratic debate:

A preview of Thursday night’s CNN Democratic debate:

Are we going to have a real debate now?

(Yes yes, I know, Vilsack dropped out before any debates took place and Gravel won’t be included in Thursday’s debate, but for all intents and purposes, these photos really do say quite a lot.)

One Response to “My, how the crowd has thinned out”

  1. Just because there are two candidates jawing doesn’t mean it will be a meaningful debate. Clinton and Obama have identical policies on just about every issue. A real debate would involve no major networks or sponsors and have a chance for everyone to speak, even candidates whom the media don’t deem “electable” who have been forced out of his race.