So here are our hosts for tonight's debate liveblog, the best political team on the web, clockwise from top left:

• Jeff Bercovici of Portfolio;
• a bewigged Alex Pareene of Gawker;
• the site's weekend editor, Ian Spiegelman
• Robert George of the New York Post;
• Peter Feld, a strategist on the Dukakis presidential campaign and Fox News token liberal;
• professional gadfly Andrew Krucoff and the Young Manhattanite crew;
• and web microcelebrity Rex Sorgatz.

You can start commenting now but the hosts will only come online at 8:30pm. Here are the rules. Stay civil or you will be banned. Quote any lines you're referring to. Respond to a specific comment rather than starting a new thread—unless you're convinced a topic hasn't been properly addressed. Email me if you don't have an account and you'd like to join in. Have fun—and may the best man win. Follow either of these links to join the chat:

• Watching and typing live? Click this link for the latest discussion threads—and then click refresh any time you want to update.
• Just joining us? Browse through the most active discussions first.
• If there's a discussion thread you particularly like, click on the time stamp to the right. That will take you through to a page like this with comments only on that particular topic: one like this.

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