[newzjunkey]

Fred Karger, Gary Johnson and Thad McCotter not invited.

Tim Pawlenty withdrew from the race. No announcement news for Sarah Palin.

(Content from prior debate live threads, marked as excerpt because link goes to msnbc.com's debate site)

[TomGuy]

Williams claims the TX jobs created were low wage.

[Obama’s PR guy?]

[PaleoBob]

First yawn!

(cute)

[Alissa]

OK, where in this thread does the actual debate start?

[DrewsMum]

You can ALWAYS tell who the media/establishment faves are.....they ALWAYS put them right smack in the middle.

[TomGuy]

Romney is selling everyone on -— TEXAS!

lol

[dragnet2]

Romney KO’s Perry.

[GnuHere]

Aw geez, does Mittens wear a toupee, after all this talk about his and Perry’s good hair? Maybe both do. Santorum clearly looks like he does.

[TomGuy]

Santorum says he is the one who gets things done.

[What did HE do, besides lose his Senate seat?]

[Happy Rain]

Smart of the MSM to put them in front of all that red.
They either look like demons talking from Hell or look like they are mad no matter what they say.
In other words they all look scary and isn't that what the Dems are going for,”scary Republicans out to kill granny and starve baby?”

[TomGuy]

Cain - throw out the current tax code.

[Unrealistic. Will never happen. Plays well to the flat earth tax groupies.]

[Will88]

All this trying to set one against the other with questions doesn’t give the voters a lot of information, and that is mostly history that took place in different states and different economic times. More useful information would come from their plans to improve the US economy.

[PapaNew]

Well, I've said it before but I think it bears repeating.

The debate format and commentators are themselves another battle front: why should conservatives hand over their microphone and message to the leftists in the MSM who ask a bunch of stupid questions and not only make themselves look stupid, but more importantly silence the message of the conservative candidates who have the answers for America and instead make them also look stupid and marginalized?

I think the conservative candidates with their head screwed on straight should band together and demand ground rules that include conservative moderators and questions that go the heart of the issues that threaten our country's future. They should also widely publicize these demands to the American people and figure out their own live video debate if they can't get cooperation.

[TomGuy]

Williams isn’t good as a moderator. He’s trying to editorialize too much instead of just ask questions and ‘moderate’ the debate.

[Free Vulcan]

Damn Newt is still the man.

Too bad he’s damaged goods.

[WalterSkinner]

..my wife and I were at the Reagan Library last month--WOW

I've said it before, when Sarah Palin announces--all the oxygen will go out of the room

[AnnGora]

Media already selecting our candidates. Romney and Perry getting all the air time.

[TomGuy]

Perry fumbled on the question about why so many in TX are uninsured.

He should have said ‘choice’ and a good health care system, not government forced insurance.

[Polybius]

Newt putting team first. Good for him.

[PMAS]

Newt just gave the smack down - too bad Newt is Newt

[plain talk]

Newt hits a homer again and slams the questioner about trying to get Republicans fighting each other. He is useful for that one thing. Thanks Newt - now you can shut up.