Early Debates

April 27th
The Democratic Presidential candidates were on last night. You can be forgiven for not watching since it competed with “Grey’s Anatomy” and “CSI” (thank God for TiVo) and since the first primary, even with all the rearranging, is still nine months away. Substantial field, I must say. I thought I remembered everyone who was running but  was a little surprised to see eight bodies onstage. Even Brian Williams looked confused. My favorite was Mike Gravel (yeah, I know, who?) whose crotchety, irritated demeanor really livened things up. His proposal to make it a felony to stay in Iraq has got to be a foreign policy first. Republicans are on next week – ten of them, I understand, all white middle-aged men but hopefully their ties will distinguish them from one another.