I've made a point to avoid presidential debates. They have become as useless to picking a candidate as the security color coding system to our safety. Michael Scherer watched the latest Democratic debate, but he gets paid to do so. His debate summary is more than I needed to know:

There should be a law that limits the length of these debates. Life is too short. The candidates can only memorize so many zingers and jokes. But the whole spectacle keeps going, like a bad dream. The candidates all say they want to protect Roe v. Wade, or at least the right to privacy, with their Supreme Court picks. Obama talks about working with Republicans. Biden mentions Bosnia. Richardson talks about adjusting Israel's 1967 borders to broker a peace deal with the Palestinians. Kucinich says, "A president has to be a healer."... The last question from the audience goes to Clinton. "Do you prefer diamonds or pearls?" Of course, everyone already knows Clinton's answer. "I want both," she says.

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