The June 3 Democratic Debate

As Mark Halperin scored it from New Hampshire, Hillary won the bout, Edwards and Biden landed jabs — and Mike Gravel kept shadowboxing

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton, Senator of New York

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Able to look commanding and presidential even as she fielded niggling, hoary questions that bordered on the absurd. Never lost her temper, her focus or her cool, and even dispatched a crowd-pleasing Dick Cheney zinger. Occasionally lapsed into the weary defensiveness she displayed during the health care wars of '93 and various subsequent Clinton sagas. Bottom line: came in the front-runner and leaves in a stronger position.

by Mark Halperin

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