Simon Thompson with his take on last night's debate

by: Derek Viger

Fri Feb 05, 2010 at 07:22:52 AM EST

As Steve Rowe said first and as other candidates later reiterated, "We're all Democrats here tonight."

After two hours of Democratic gubernatorial candidates responding to questions exclusively about job creation at Thursday night's forum hosted by the South Portland Dems, it became clear how many types of Democrats are throwing their hat into the ring for the Blaine House.

Despite taking nine pages of notes, I will not give a hit-for-hit recount of the debate; it is viewable online for those interested. Instead, I will give my personal impressions on how the candidates performed- from the unique viewpoint of an 18-year-old who has been of voting age for less than two months.