Elitists

I didn't watch the Obama/Clinton debate tonight. From what I'm reading, that was a wise move. It turns out ABC News isn't interested in quizzing the candidates on any of the following policy issues:

The financial crisis
The collapse of housing values in the US and around the world
Afghanistan
Health care
Torture
The declining value of the US Dollar
Education
Trade
Pakistan
Energy
Immigration
The decline of American manufacturing
The Supreme Court
The burgeoning world food crisis.
Global warming
China
The attacks on organized labor and the working class
Terrorism and al Qaeda
Civil liberties and constraints on government surveillance

Evidently the first hour was mainly "gotcha" questions about old news like Rev. Wright, flag pins and Tuzla, with the majority of viewers feeling that Gibson and Stephanopoulos were gunning for Obama. Here's how Atrios scored it:

29 minutes in, not one policy question.

...32 minutes in...

...35 minutes in...

...38 minutes in...

...41 minutes in...

Charlie Gibson got booed by the audience right after the debate ended. ABC seems to have had to shut down the comments section of their website due to nothing but flame after flame.

By the way, Hillary on the Southern working class whites in 1995:

"Screw 'em," she told her husband. "You don't owe them a thing, Bill. They're doing nothing for you; you don't have to do anything for them."

Elitist?

And tonight, on whether Obama can win the White House this fall:

Hillary Rodham Clinton said emphatically Wednesday night that Barack Obama can win the White House this fall, undercutting her efforts to deny him the Democratic presidential nomination by suggesting he would lead the party to defeat.

"Yes, yes, yes," she said when pressed about Obama's electability during a campaign debate six days before the Pennsylvania primary.

So much for that leg of her campaign stool.

Yep, at times like these, you gotta check with the Boss.