If Josh were writing this intro, it'd say something along the lines of, "Are you ready to rumbleeeeeeeeee?"

Tonight's Democratic candidate debate, starting in just a few minutes, will be the first time Clinton and Obama debate each other one-on-one. Will it be Democratic high fives right and left, or will the candidates be fighting to distinguish themselves from each other? Follow along on our liveblog and see for yourself, and give us your opinions in the comments. Debate too nerve-wracking for you? Well, join us afterward where we'll have a quick sum-up and analysis of what happened this evening.

EDIT:My analysis of the debate's been added. Let me know what you think!

I suppose that considering the primary season we've had so far, having a primary turn out as everyone expected is a nice change of pace.

Bush presented his final State of the Union address yesterday. No, you didn't miss anything.

The polls all said that Barack Obama would be winning last Saturday's South Carolina Democratic primary — but none said that he would win by more than a 2 to 1 margin.

The New York Times is reporting that Senator Ted Kennedy has been in talks with the Obama camp for days and is prepared to endorse the Illinois senator for his presidential bid.

Yesterday's Republican presidential debate offered Rudy Giuliani the opportunity to make up ground, to prove himself deserving of the frontrunner position, and perhaps in so doing to perform a little better than third in the Florida polls. Did he succeed? Not really.

After a miserable Tuesday and a less-than-stellar opening bell yesterday, the stock market made a bit of a rebound from its tumble.

And then there were five. Out of all of yesterday's election news, the biggest would have to be Fred Thompson's dropping out of the race for the Republican nomination.

We cover a number of Republican fumbles in this week's Mailbag.

Yesterday's Nevada Democratic debate and Michigan Republican primary has once again left the determination of the frontrunner in each party clear as mud.