Posted on Thu, Nov. 1, 2007
Obama, after saying that he couldn't "tell whether she was for it or against it," supported licenses for illegal immigrants, calling it "the right idea."
In a show of hands during the debate, three other candidates appeared to support it: Edwards, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, and Ohio Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich.
Sens. Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut and Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware said they opposed the proposal.
See video excerpts from the debate via
http://go.philly.
com/demdebate
How the Drexel Debate Rates
MSNBC's Democratic debate Tuesday at Drexel University received the highest viewership rating of
the network's 2007 presidential debates and the sixth-highest of all the televised debates this year.
April 16: Democrats (MSNBC): 2.26 million viewers
May 3: Republicans (MSNBC): 1.76 million viewers
May 15: Republicans (Fox News): 2.55 million viewers
June 3: Democrats (CNN): 2.78 million viewers
June 5: Republicans (CNN): 2.06 million viewers
July 23: YouTube Democratic debate (CNN):
2.62 million viewers
Aug. 5: Republicans (ABC): 2.19 million viewers
Aug. 7: Democrats (MSNBC): 960,000 viewers
Aug. 19: Democrats (ABC): 2.87 million viewers
Sept. 5: Republicans (Fox News): 3.14 million viewers
Sept. 9: Democrats (Univision): 2.2 million viewers
