CHARLESTON, S.C. -- This Fishwrapper is very pleased the snowman's question on global warming was selected for the televised debate, and Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) gave a serious answer to the funny questioner: "We shouldn't have our snowmen melting or our planet melting either."

Former Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) got big laughs for his intro video, titled "Hair." Set to the tune from the '60s-era musical, it played on embarrassing headlines revealing the former senator had gotten a $400 haircut and showed competing images of hair and scenes from Iraq and following Hurricane Katrina. It closed with "What really matters? You choose."

A question about former Vice President Al Gore's potential presidential ambitions also drew knee slapping from the audience here at The Citadel. With Gore hinting at a run, "Does that hurt y'all's feelings?" asked Jackie Broyles and Dunlap (of RedStateUpdate) from Murfreesboro, Tenn. Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) joked: "I think the people of Tennessee just had their feelings hurt."

-- Christina Bellantoni, national political correspondent, The Washington Times