We'll be live-blogging the Dem debate at 8pm Eastern

Joe and I hate these debates - too many of 'em, and not real debates. Still, with Obama and Edwards getting increasingly feisty vis-a-vis Hillary, with Hillary slipping a bit in the debate a few weeks ago, and with Obama potentially gaining some momentum, all the candidates might feel forced to shake things up a bit this evening, and that promises good theater :-) We'll be back at 8.

In an unrelated note, please keep sending me your tips. I've been noticing that the number of news tips from our readers has dropped over the past several months. That's a bad thing, since much of our content comes from tips that you guys find in your local papers, on other blogs, etc. So please, feel free to email me your tips. We can't read every newspaper and every blog and every site like boing boing or digg or reddit. We count on you guys for this, so please keep us in mind and send those tips to:

Thanks, JOHN

PS Don't assume that just because a great story is on a big site FLD or DKos or C&L that we've already read it. If you see a great story, send it to us :-)