Honestly, I didn’t watch enough of the Democratic debate to form an opinion on the candidates that I feel strongly about, but the fact that I didn’t watch enough of the debate sort of says something. I watched the beginning of the debate (some 30 minutes or so) and was immediately turned off by the first set of answers. All I heard was: “Bush sucks, we need change.” I can appreciate that stance. Heck – on many issues I would probably agree with that stance these days (considering that it’s 2007 and not 2000, when I was all about Bush).

But I absolutely hate listening to political banter at these debates that focuses on – essentially – nothing. You had the Republicans the other night bashing Hillary Clinton first and pushing policy initiatives second. Tonight, you had Hillary bashing Bush first and then sorta-kinda-maybe promising to do “everything that she can” to pass better legislation on a variety of issues (the last 20 minutes of the debate was BRUTAL listening to her bash “this administration”).

At the same time, you had the other candidates playing a two-handed game switching between bashing Hillary and bashing President Bush. It was gross – it was a waste of my time as an independent voter.

My two top choices on either side have been Romney and Huckabee for the Republicans and Hillary and Richardson for the Democrats. The only two that are worth their mettle are Richardson and Huckabee – and they’re not winning anything!

Ahhh…and the 2008 Presidential race continues. Blech…