Hillary: I couldn’t run as anything but a woman. I’m proud to run as a woman. (This gets applause, suggesting to me this is an easy crowd.) Break that hardest of all glass ceilings. When I’m inaugurated, it’s going to send a great message to a lot of little girls and little boys around the world.

Edwards: I believe anybody who’s considering not voting for Obama because he’s black, or Hillary because she’s a woman, I don’t want their vote. Says he wants to raise minimum wage to $9 an hour.

Hillary: Anderson, I have a great deal of admiration for Elizabeth Edwards. I spent my life advocating for women’s rights. I went to Beijing… I think it’s great that we’re all talking about who would be best for women, because isn’t that a a nice change for everybody to hear?

Yes, because all previous debates have featured men talking about what they would do to oppress women.

Kucinich gets a question on whether he would allow lesbians to marry. He says yes. At length.

Dodd: My wife and I have two young daughters. How would I want my daughters treated if they had a different sexual orientation? The answer is yes. They ought to have civil unions.

Richardson: I would do what is achievable. I would allow “full civil unions with full marriage rights” whatever that is.

They get a question from a pro-gay-marriage reverend. Edwards says he feels enormous personal conflict on this issue. I personally have been on a journey on this issue. My wife Elizabeth supports gay marriage, I do not.

Edwards: I’ve been asked a personal question. Do I support gay marriage? The honest answer is that I don’t. It would be wrong for me to use a faith basis to deny anyone his rights.

Obama: We’ve got to make sure that everyone is equal under the law. Civil unions would make sure they are treated equally.

Commercial break. Early verdict? Some great questions demonstrating that the Democratic candidates’ positions on supporting civil unions but not gay marriage are contradictory and illogical to gay marriage supporters.

Edwards’ video finally makes fun of his hair issue.

The next question comes from a refugee camp in Darfur.

Richardson says he went to that refugee camp. Describes victim asking when Americans will help. Calls for diplomacy and U.N. peacekeepers. A no-fly zone would be an option.

Cooper asks U.S. troops, and Richardson says U.N., and they should be mostly Muslim.

Biden: I’m tired of this. I heard the same arguments when I came back from talking to Milosevic. Those kids will be dead by the time the diplomacy is over. Calls for 2500 American troops. We need troops on the ground.

Gravel: Problem goes deeper that. We need to own up to our responsibilities with regards to a global government. African nations are .

Hillary: We need to start acting, stop talking. Move more quickly on divestment and sanctions on Sudanese government. We can do a no-fly zone that will not harm aid workers. We can provide logistics and air. American troops do not belong in Darfur at this time.