Now that Donkey Dish has whet your appetite for political punditry, check out what other media sources (mainstream and otherwise) had to say about last night’s debacle debate between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia…

• What about us? The Philadelphia Daily News‘ irate Will Bunch penned an open letter to Charlie Gibson and George Stephanapoulos, lambasting their inane “issue” questions and trivial wastes of valuable time.

• According to Andrew Sullivan of The Atlantic, it was a lifeless, drained and dreary Obama turning in his worst performance yet. Yes, he’s up against the Clinton wood-chipper, but he wilted painfully.

• The Politico’s Ben Smith has two critical points: 1. Didn’t those quotes from the Constitution really set the tone? 2. How much money will Obama raise off supporters’ perception that this debate was unfair? [NOTE: No fewer than three emails from the Barack Obama campaign have been received by one of our contributors in the past 12 hours].

Hillary Clinton shields her eyes. Last night’s debate made us wince, as well.

• Joe Sudbay of the Americablog says it was, quite simply, the worst. Debate. Ever. The level of discourse has reached a new low - a very new low. Obama did fine, but it was a disaster for our political system.

• Was this debate Barack Obama’s Waterloo? Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey feels Obama was exposed as an empty suit, while Hillary cleaned his clock, and the real winner, John McCain, didn’t even have to show up.

• If either candidate hoped to score a clear victory, writes Peter Canellos of the Boston Globe, those hopes evaporated as ABC’s harsh questions on their personal “gaffes” and connections threw them both off.

• There are only two ways Clinton can win, Stephen Spruiell of the National Review reminds us - overcome Barack Obama’s lead in pledged delegates, or win the votes of the superdelegates. Both are extremely unlikely.