"I'm not running to be minister of Illinois"

Barack Obama tossed that at Alan Keyes when the two squared off in a TV debate last night. Keyes shot back that Obama's support for clear police announcments of search warrants means that criminals will "shoot the police to death."

The debate format allowed the candidates to actually debate each other, so it strayed into all kinds of juicy areas, like blackness, sin, and ignorance. The next debate will feature straight-razors.