Biden says that the vote on the Iran resolution “talk of people being terrorists” drove up the price of oil. “We have now driven underground every moderate in the region… Big nations can’t bluff.”

Lots of talk about Iran, and it’s a bit more interesting than I expected. The rest of the field seems hell-bent on painting Hillary’s vote as a vote for “the drum beat of war”, as Obama put it just now.

We’re sixteen minutes in, and haven’t heard from Richardson or Kucinich yet.

Obama’s answer on his “red line” with Iran is meandering. How meandering? I think Fred Thompson just yelled at him to focus.

Hillary: “We have to try diplomacy. I see economic sanctions as part of diplomacy.” Cites North Korea and Libya again. “He does not have authority, and we will not allow him to take offensive action against Iran.”

I think Ahmadinejad just stood and applauded.

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Edwards says ”Senator Clinton said she wanted to put pressure on the Administration. The way to do that is to vote yes on a resolution that looks like it was written by the Neocons?” He’s a much, much better attacker than Obama. Maybe Edwards comes out as the real number two this evening.

Hey, Richardson showed up. He says he’s the only one who has negotiated with a foreign state. Somebody just interjected, “that’s not true,” I think it was Kucinich.

How mandering and dull was Richardson? Right now Obama’s thinking, “boy, he makes me sound crisp and focused.”

Hey, Kucinich made it, too. And… he’s offering the same “enablers” jab that he’s offered throughout this. Heck, this isn’t just old for this year, this is the same “I was the first to oppose Bush” routine he offered in 2004.

His closing words: “We need to stand up for the Constitution!” Somewhere, Ron Paul is applauding.

Dodd touts his experience. At length.

Richardson pledges to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons through diplomacy. Boy, he thinks he can sell ice to Eskimos, doesn’t he?

He cites Bill Barloon (sp?) in the audience a man who he rescued from Abu Gharib. Huh?

Kucinich lectures the media about “how they frame the question.” Somewhere, George Lakoff is applauding.