ORANGEBURG, SC - APRIL 26: (L-R) U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), former U.S. former Sen. John Edwards (D-NC), U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), U.S. Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, and U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), greet the crowd before the start of the first debate of the 2008 presidential campaign April 26, 2007 at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The debate, featuring eight Democratic presidential candidates, comes 263 days before the first ballot will be cast in the Iowa caucus next January. Getty Images logo Getty Images 32 months ago

ORANGEBURG, SC - APRIL 26: (L-R) U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), former U.S. former Sen. John Edwards (D-NC), U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), U.S. Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, and U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), greet the crowd before the start of the first debate of the 2008 presidential campaign April 26, 2007 at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The debate, featuring eight Democratic presidential candidates, comes 263 days before the first ballot will be cast in the Iowa caucus next January.

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