The September 26 Democratic Debate

John Edwards and Joe Biden won points for taking the gloves off against Hillary, says Mark Halperin, while Obama played it a little too cool

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Democratic presidential candidate, Senator Joe Biden

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Directly challenged Clinton's frontrunner status by making a strong case that her divisive image and history makes her ill-equipped to win a general election, or work with Republicans to bring about health care reform and other changes. It was the move every anti-Clinton candidate, strategist, and pundit has been waiting for. But he did it awkwardly and back-pedaled with a clarification that he was referring only to policy. Sold his Iraq peace plan as a statesman, not a firebrand. Assertively belittled Rudy Giuliani's foreign policy credentials.

—By Mark Halperin

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