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Certainly, The Sopranos' penultimate episode Sunday night got a much larger slice of the audience pie than the CNN-hosted debate from New Hampshire that preceded it. Yes, yes, I know it's still "early on" — as they say — and the actual voters aren't paying much attention yet. But these sorts of debates, nevertheless, remain important for the sort of media buzz they generate and, in turn, the sort of donor cash-fuel they provide. And with that Superduper Tuesday of February 5 looming large, it's going to take hundreds of millions to get there.