CNN Las Vegas, NV Democratic debate @9pm ET **live commentary thread**

[Maxwell]

Who's excited for Lincoln Chaffee?












Didn't think so.

Gonna try to count how many times he attacks Hillary and then jerks back to his awkward smile.

[Maxwell]

Hillary Clinton: A - Presidential, strong, smart, challenged at the right points, backed off on the right points. Gave a graceful performance. Republicans have to be shaking in their boots after tonight.

Bernie Sanders: B - Started off weak, guns was a real bad point for him, but he had a lot of good moments and started building up momentum toward the end. The problem is he just didn't extend beyond his few anchor points too much.

Jim Webb: C- - looked like his shirt was a button too high, felt uncomfortable, was awkward, but I thought he was one of the more substantive candidates on that stage (to a certain extent surpassing Sanders), and I got the feel that he would be an extremely capable commander in chief.

Martin O'Malley: D - Desperate, vicious, didn't seem Presidential, and got burned completely. Not an F because he's not Lincoln Chafee. Completely unlikable. Only good moment was his "sick burn" of Republicans, which a lot of Democrats (not me, I thought it was extremely lame) loved.

Lincoln Chafee: F - I love you Lincoln, but he seemed like he was running for City Council President rather than United States President. Time to go home, buddy, pack it in.