Debate Update: If You Can't Stand The Heat

Kudos to Edwards, Obama, and even Dodd and Biden, for putting Hillary Clinton's feet to the fire. Throughout the entire two hour debate, it was very clear that Hillary was on defense, and she was the least successful at sidestepping her problematic issues than she's been during any of the previous debates. Let's keep this going over the next 65 days, hopefully leading to a shift in analysis that focuses on both Obama and Edwards as the "front-runners".

Only 66 Days Left Until Voting Begins

Check out the Democratic candidates on the MSNBC debate Tuesday night at 9:00pm, moderated by NBC's Brian Williams.

Here are my predictions for at least one thing each candidate will say/do at some point during the debate:

• Hillary Clinton will...make some kind of remark regarding being "the attention of so many men", referring to the other candidates speaking against her, followed by a discordant cackle (that will haunt my dreams forever).
  
• Barack Obama will...state exactly in these words, "I was against this war [pause] from the start [emphasis on start]", referring to the Iraq War (which will make that the 1,289th time he's uttered that exact phrase in that exact cadence).
  
• John Edwards will...gesture forcefully with his hands while talking about some issue (likely poverty), placing his hands parallel to each other, palms facing in, thus revealing his yellow livestrong bracelet. Watch for this one all night.
  
• Bill Richardson will...listen to the debate questions by violently squinting and scrunching his face tighter than any human should ever be capable of.
  
• Chris Dodd will...manage to cram more words into 60 seconds than half the other candidates combined. I'd say he rivals the Micro Machines guy, but I fear that reference is dated (and, thus, depressing for those of us that remember the commercials).
  
• Joe Biden will...attempt to answer the six debate questions he wasn't called on for during a question he was called on for, thus looking like some sort of rambling lunatic. He'll also make some sort of reference to how it's time politicians "started telling you the truth [emphasis on truth]".
  
• Dennis Kucinich will...pull out the pocket-sized version of The U.S. Constitution he keeps in the front breast pocket of his suit jacket. He'll also end every single answer with a, for lack of a better phrase, shit-eating-grin.
  
• Mike Gravel will...shout incoherently. Enough said.

Enjoy!

Scarlet Fever

Grad school midterm exams and papers complete...check. Adam returning from Harvard Yard to the Garden State...check. Perpetual state of anxiety regarding the Rutgers v. West Virgina game tomorrow...double check.

It's game time.

Four...More...Wins

It's a fact: Thanks to today's Cincinnati loss, if Rutgers wins all four of their remaining conference games this season, they will be the Big East Champions, and head to a guaranteed BCS Bowl game, predicted right now to be the Orange Bowl in Miami!!!

One of those wins would be against next week's opponent, West Virginia, a game Mr. Cooper and I will be attending/having stress-induced coronary failure throughout. Then, UConn, a potential spoiler game; then Pittsburgh (who seems to have shocked the hell out of Cincinnati today); and, finally, a season-ending, home showdown against Louisville...the drama writes itself!

Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not counting my chicks before they've hatched here...I'm just lining up the eggs, taking a good look at them, and praying to the holy college football lords above that each of those chicks hatch chanting "RU, RU, RU"!

Tonight's Menu: A Healthy Serving Of Rice

I'll happily bleed Scarlet all over the place for a Rutgers win tonight against South Florida. GO KNIGHTS!

Update: Well, I'm definitely going to save some of that Scarlet blood for next week's game against West Virginia...BCS, HERE WE COME!

What A Game

Kudos to the Colorado Rockies for a great Game 4 and the Division Championship...for winning 21 out of the last 22 games played...for making it to the World Series for the first time in their franchise history...for making it in a way that no other team has ever done in the history of the MLB, namely by sweeping both series of the Division playoffs...for giving me hope that, if Boston manages to defeat Cleveland, you'll be a match for the Red Sox in the World Series.

Congrats Nobel Peace Prize Recepient Al Gore!

Could it be more appropriate that Al Gore wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his pursuits regarding Global Warming at the end of a week where people here in the Northeast wore shorts and sandals on Monday and jackets and gloves on Friday?

NYC Famous People Sightings This Semester

[From Left to Right: Actor Ryan Gosling, walking on 5th Avenue; Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama, speaking at Washington Square Park rally; Newsweek Columnist and MSNBC Political Analyst Jonathan Alter, spectator at the Obama Rally; NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, riding the 'A' Subway from 34th Street to 4th Street.]

Torre Lives To Coach Another Day

After Saturday's Rutgers game, I don't think I could have taken a Yankee loss......on to Game 4!

I...Hate...Bugs!

Well, at least the Yankees have some company in the 0-2 playoff club (Hello Cubs, Angels, and Phillies!). I'm calling it right now: all four 0-2 teams will make MLB history by staging comebacks in their respective divisions......clearly this will not happen......except for the Yankees.

So Bad A Caveman Would Hate It

Hey Geico, remember that 15 minutes I spent saving a ton of money by switching to Geico? Well, what exactly was I supposed to get out of the 30 minutes I spent watching the show Cavemen, which is based on your commercials? What exactly is the use of cheap car insurance if I've just gouged my eyes out while watching what can only be described as the worst new show of the new millennium and I can no longer drive a vehicle?!

In a related note, I just started watching Carpoolers, the ABC comedy that follows Cavemen, and I've already laughed more times just watching the one-minute scene before the opening credits than I did during the entire show of Cavemen...and that would be one laugh.