This was by far the the best debate this year. All candidates had an equal chance to answer each question - one minute each per question at the start; 30 seconds each towards the end. Much less moderator involvement. Nice job PBS

The transcript of tonight's PBS Democratic primary debates broken out by individual candidate:

Joe Biden
Hillary Clinton
Christopher Dodd
John Edwards
Mike Gravel
Dennis Kucinich
Barack Obama
Bill Richardson

Full transcript of the debate here

check out DC Shuffle's breakdown:

Three interesting things of note:
-The general evasiveness was much higher than the last time they got together
-Hillary won the reviled DC Shuffle award a second time in a row
-They all got equal air time because Tavis did a great job

	Direct Questions answered clearly	5	4	6	6	6	5	4	5
	Additional questions answered clearly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Questions discussed but not answered	4	4	3	3	1	4	4	3
	Questions avoided entirely	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	2
	Responds clearly to direct question ratio	50%	40%	60%	60%	67%	50%	44%	50%
	Responds clearly to all questions ratio	50%	40%	60%	60%	67%	50%	44%	50%
	Empty answer ratio	40%	40%	30%	30%	11%	40%	44%	30%
	Question avoidance ratio	10%	20%	10%	10%	22%	10%	11%	20%