Submitted by ST, Jul 23, 2007 23:43

Obama didn't escalate anything. I'm always curious to see how people describe what happened during the debate. This debate was very cordial. No one escalated anything. They all gave subtle jabs at one another, like when John Edwards said that he wasn't for liquified coal, which Obama and Clinton are for, and most liberal democrats are not for. But it was so sutble you could miss it, and probably did, just like Obama's comments were so concealed that there's no way you can refer to it as an escalation.

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