Takes on the debate

Former Star-News Star reporters Todd Ruiz and Gary Scott have some sound takes on last night's debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Ruiz nicely sums up the likely frustration most Democrats must feel at watching their two top candidates, so closely matched in ideology and skill level, go at each other like rabid dogs.

Scott, now a producer for Warren Olney's radio show, dissects the debate in a play-by-play style, cutting through the candidates' veiled and indirect responses and helping to make sense of what exactly they were saying to each other.