Posted on 05/03/2007 3:19:11 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture
Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #1 – Reagan Library 05/03/07 - Official Discussion Thread
The debate will take place at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, and will air live on MSNBC from 8:00 to 9:30 pm (ET) and stream live on MSNBC.com and politico.com and will include audience questions gathered on politico.com.
Joe Scarborough pronounces Romney the winner...says that’s the mood of the room he’s in, and of the emails he’s received.
I don’t watch chrissy baby, but tonight I did watch for a bit. I didn’t see all of it. chrissy is, well I won’t go into that.
Reading many of the posts on this thread proves that these TV debates are nothing more than a giant Rorschach inkblot test.
Is there a Youtube link to this? I missed it since I’m way over here in Korea.
What is WIA?
I was impressed by point Ron Paul made, we survived an era with 40,000 Soviet nuclear weapons pointed at us with capable rocket technology and here we are threatening to go into ANOTHER preemptive war over a third-world nation that doesn’t even have any nukes and more importantly any capability to weaponize and launch anything more than 50 miles.
I agree. I also liked Gilmore and Hunter. Romney clearly has the most presidential appearance.
ANd that would be who? Certainly not Ron Paul.
Your inignation is unbecoming! I am merely pointing out that one name, (Schiavo) is/was about a true living human and the other name (Schindler)was about inconsequential Hollywood non sense.
I totally supported this woman’s right to life with many phone calls and letters to Congress at the time! I was heartened when President Bush returned from vacation in attempt to save her.
You presume WAY too much, my Friend!
I can’t say I agree with you at all. Romney comes across as the consummate business executive and family man. So many of his answers have an economic theme to them. Time and time he’s shown he understands the way businesses work and the way the legal system works. He’s by far the most competent politician I’ve seen in a long time, and he’s got the record and the speaking skills to pull it off. Washington could seriously use a big dose of Wall Street about now.
That said, Thompson’s strength is in his firmness, his bulldoggish straightforwardness. He’s a very affirming character. If he wasn’t so eloquent and on his toes, he’d fall into trouble by being compared to Bush. I think he’ll escape that more than okay. I think Americans are tired of Bush’s stubborness and (more than that) his unwillingness to explain himself thoroughly. Thompson has a way of getting his points across.
Right now I’m going to stick by my earlier belief:
Romney > Fred >>>>>>Anyone else. But I’m very interested in seeing them debate. And I think either would make an excellent candidate, and both can (and IMHO WILL) defeat the Rats.
And on that note, I'm off to bed...
Wounded in action.
I agree on Mitt. While I like Tancredo he stammers and is not a great speaker. I tought Brownback and Hunter were much better in that regard. Paul is a dingbat. He would not pardon Libby because he was in an administration that got us into Iraq?? What kind of logic is that?
I liked when Matthews asked Hunter what the federal government does well, and he replied “putting precision munitions on Zarqawi’s house”.
I think Hunter did excellent in this debate.
What an ignorant thing to say.
“You’ve gotta be kidding me,” and the “Gang of Three”.
Romney looks a lot more palatable to me now. He and Hunter were the winners of this debate.
*grin* That occurred to me as well...
Giuliani is winning the debate poll on drudge? Did these people even watch?
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