Apparently there were only 5 at the debate last night? According to the NYT

[seemslikeadream]

[Tesha]

1. The way to avoid having a progressive win is to deny them coverage.

How much total "talk time" did Dennis get last night?

How much did HilJohnAma get?

Tesha

[Zodiak]

2. they gave him ten minutes and Gravel got 8

In contrast, Hillary got nearly fifteen minutes and Obama got 16.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

3. Hiljohnama! I love your name for the phenomenon of the top 3 (pollwise)

:rofl:

[Clark2008]

4. They did it to Clark in 2004, too.

It was painful:

http://www.awesclarkdemocrat.com/2007/05/presley_marque_for_president.htm#more

And, with Dean - they put him under such a microscope that NO ONE could have survived.

I worked in media for 12 years and would have never dreamed that, in the four years I was gone by 2004, it would have gotten that bad.

[GreenArrow]

6. Time clock on Chris Dodd's Blog scored it thus:

Obama 16:00
Clinton 14:26
Blitzer 13:24
Edwards 11:42
Richardson 10:48
Kucinich 9:02
Dodd 8:28
Biden 7:58
Gravel 5:37


http://chrisdodd.com/blog

[Tesha]

8. Thank you -- I suspected as much. Here's the image from the blog

[seemslikeadream]

7. HilJohnAma got 42:08 minutes

:hi: With the help of his/her friend Wolfie who got more than 13 minutes

According to the NYT the no shows got 22:37

The rest got 19:16



http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/

From NBC's Mark Murray

Here are the final times each campaign received, per the Dodd campaign: Obama spoke the longest (16:00 minutes); Gravel the shortest (5:37).

Biden: 7:58 10 questions
Clinton: 14:26 15 questions
Dodd: 8:28 9 questions
Edwards: 11:42 13 questions
Gravel: 5:37 10 questions
Kucinich: 9:02 9 questions
Obama: 16:00 16 questions
Richardson: 10:48 11 questions

[Mark Twain Girl]

13. Exactly -- narrow the discourse to control it. HilJohnAma -- heh, indeed. n/t

[TheWraith]

15. You really think that coverage is the only thing stopping DK from winning?

Seriously--and speaking as somebody who voted for him in the 2004 primary--Dennis Kucinich is probably best when he's talking for less than ten minutes. It prevents him from getting too far into his kookier ideas, like the dismantling of all nuclear weapons.

[Tesha]

16. I would *GLADLY* support someone who wants to dismantle our nukes.

They are useless for all practical purposes except
strategic deterrence against *SANE* enemies.

And yes, I believe if everyone in America could hear
him *UNFILTERED*, I believe he'd win in a walk.

Tesha

[hiaasenrocks]

5. Remove Dodd and Richardson, replace with Biden.

That would be a good four to choose from.

[JTFrog]

9. self delete

nm

[MadHound]

10. Sheeit, that's more than the rest of the MSM is admitting were there.

Everybody else is simply going with Hillary, John and Obama. Apparently nobody else showed up:eyes:

It's really sad how the MSM has a huge effect on how our president is selected. Is it no wonder that corporate media favors the corporate candidates?

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. So, is that really the look of TV current affairs in the USa these days?

It looks like a parody of the Daily Show set. Which, I'm guessing now, isn't an exaggeration, as I had previously assumed.

[slipslidingaway]

12. K&R n/t

[cgrindley]

14. I thought there were only 3

Even Dodd and Richardson are wasting their time, unless they're trying to forward themselves as a decent choice for VP. I don't know why they bothered.