Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #1~ Reagan Library 05/03/07 - Official Discussion Thread

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Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #1 – Reagan Library 05/03/07 - Official Discussion Thread

• Sam Brownback
• Jim Gilmore
• Rudy Giuliani
• Mike Huckabee
• Duncan Hunter
• John McCain
• Mitt Romney
• Ron Paul
• Tom Tancredo
• Tommy Thompson

  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.

[JRochelle]

Go read what the corner said about Mitt lying about always being personally pro-life.

He flat out lied tonight.

[acsrp38]

So do I. We spend our vacation time every year attending the hearings.

[commonguymd]

He did great, wish he would have looked at the camera. If I remember correctly he gave some gobbedy glube answer on global warming support.

[Ultra Sonic 007]

He is? Online or on TV?

[LibertarianInExile]

” It isn’t objective to consider a person that was asked 10 question a winner if several were only asked 5 questions. ;)”

Bump to that. It was obvious that Chrissy had his favorites.

[Afronaut]

Mitt Romney looked exactly like

Wink Martindale.

Why on earth does anyone think he looked good tonight?He is a daytime soap star about as genuine as his current views.

[MinorityRepublican]

McCain looks (physically) well.

He may be 70 but he's a young 70 IMHO.

[AliVeritas]

Hot Air Poll: Who Won?
http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/03/first-republican-debate-open-thread/

[OneLoyalAmerican]

Greetings cdnerds:

Reality: the election is nearly a year away. Never say never, because it ain’t over ‘til it’s over.

Hillary will never be the USA President. She can’t even keep the NYC blacks on the first black president’s plantation. Her negatives render her unelectable.

Cheers,
OLA

[ChessExpert]

I think so too.

[oakcon]

What are you talking about? I sure hope you forgot a /sarc tag

Iran has an Army: see Republican Guards everyone’s talking about
Navy: Who do you think kidnapped the British sailors?
Air Force: look it up, I’m positive they have one

Remember these guys went to war with Iraq in the 80s

[TAdams8591]

I just heard that Republican’s across the country are saying Romney won!

[AliVeritas]

LOL

http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/03/results-fred-wins-aprils-2008-straw-poll/

[NittanyLion]

Romney “looks” are very presidential, we should not underestimate this, it is very appealing for many people.

True. Honestly, I'm confident that Romney would utterly destroy Hillary in a head to head debate. He seems quick enough on his feet that he could maneuver her into a meltdown.

[rbmillerjr]

“Paul getting lot of votes on Drudge and MSNBC.”

Unfortunately, it’s liberal anti war Dems voting, jmho.

[commonguymd]

Gotta love grandpa Tommy, but he didn’t win the debate. LOL at these polls.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Ok, thanks!

[jackieaxe]

I think in the end it will be Romney. Though I have new found hope for Duncan Hunter. Still I’m voting for Ron Paul in the primary, but Mitt (or whoever) in November. Ron Paul looked the worst but with the exception of the Scouter Libby answer had the best answers. And in out MSN world, its much more important to look good than to sound good, unfortunately.

[Ultra Sonic 007]

I met personally with Duncan Hunter (posted on FR here).

He does support drilling in ANWR. And nuclear power. And offshore drilling.

[Reagan Man]

Never underestimate such a polished politico like Romney.

I was impressed with Jim Gilmore. He sounded like the most balanced conservative on the stage tonight. JMO