Just spent the last 3 days working on an essay I had the whole of the holidays to do. Why was I so dumb. It was finished, but it could have been better. I had to run to make the submission deadline as well. Not desirable, but maybe I like the thrill of danger. Butt lazy is another explaination that comes to mind.
After my submission deadline, watched the MSNBC Democratic debate. For the first time, I actually took time to listen to John Edwards. Must admit I got really really carried away with Obamania. John Edwards is not as articulate as Barack, but he's got bags of righteous populist anger about him. I like that. Hilary seemed to have a bit of it when she was talking about Bush's handling of Iraq. Not for much else though. What struck me though was that the debate was really civil, almost too civil. The candidates did not really lay into each other and bent over backwards to be nice. Not want I want to see in a debate. I want to see more than limp fisted jabs, I want upper cuts, body punches and lots of blood. All done in a strictly metaphorical manner of course. One thing that also disturbed me was the tactics they all used. If the answer to a question didnt paint them in the best light, they answered it and then went on a tangent, almost to make you forget the answer they gave. For some questions, they didnt really answer the question. They just mumbled on about something related. Politics eh.

Bring on South Carolina and Nevada