Bill Richardson disappointed me big time, why he has to start every sentence mentioning he is governor of New Mexico? And why he has to take 1-2 minutes to come to actual point. He has shown poor debating skills this time, and I did not get where he stands.

Joe Biden showed lots of anger and emotions. I do not think people would like yelling president.

Christopher Dodd was quite decent and seemed more aware on every issue, than I expected.

Then the big three, who all did well. Hard to say who would take more out of this debate. What I find disturbing is both republicans and democrats are more or less now socially and economically liberal, while republicans may be more hawkish in foreign policy (except for Ron Paul).

From a strategic point of view, I think John Edwards would find his way to the ticket one way or another. He would either win presidential nomination, or he would be running mate of winner (either Hilary or Obama). John Edwards has to be there to balance the ticket, and win in south. But I believe the talk about taking south is no longer valid, its the west that is swinging and is important. Western states are not hardcore republicans or democrats. (not counting coastal states of Washington, Oregon and California that are pure democtratic). I think democrat can easily take north east and midwest (except Indiana) and also can take western coast as usual. They have to work in New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Montana etc, and they may take those and take election.