In what felt like the longest debate ever, the three top contenders among the Democrats debated last night in South Carolina. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama went back and forth on each other with John Edwards struggling to get a word in edgewise.

What eas interesting is that this debate, sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus Institute, how the name of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. , whose birthday was observed yesterday, was dropped to support everything. And while the focus on racial politics was light, it still exclusively focused on the black/tip. Anything outside that spectrum is saved for Spanish language, or other debates not televised.