Over at Grist, TAP alum Kate Sheppard catches up with the woman who asked the question about the urgency of climate change at last night’s debate, 30-year-old Ingrid Jackson, who began the night as an undecided voter. She’s now planning on voting for Obama. Here’s what she had to say:

I liked Obama’s response, just because he seemed to agree that it was a very important issue,” she said. “McCain, his response was good, but I feel like he was just giving the same thing … he used it to plug his offshore drilling. …

I don’t think either one dealt with the urgency issue. I think it’s very feasible for them to do things within the first two years, especially since the green jobs would help the economy … It’s possible — it’s just going to cost money.

—Dana Goldstein

Dana Goldstein, a former associate editor and writer at the Prospect, comes from a family of public-school educators. She received the Spencer Fellowship in Education Journalism, a Schwarz Fellowship at the New America Foundation, and a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellowship at the Nation Institute. Her journalism is regularly featured in Slate, The Atlantic, The Nation, The Daily Beast, and other publications, and she is a staff writer at the Marshall Project.