Romney- dishonest and irritating as usual. Will not support. Cain- like a lot; but he means on the job training. No amateur hour. Perry- genuine. He stepped up tonight finally. Executive experience. I support
Santorum- Don't think there's much chance there
Michelle- Shrill, whiney. Five years in congress is not enough experience
Gingrich- Excellent. Can support.
Ron Paul- has got to go. Flat a**ed crazy.
'nuff said.
I do not watch debates, because I think they are unfairly overrated, but thanks for the summary.
WINNERS (tie):
Herman Cain - bold strong conservative
Newt Gingrich - erudite strong conservative
and the others:
Michele Bachmann - protects Romney
Ron Paul - occasionally conservative, then on Kolob2
Rick Perry - occasionally conservative, generally weak
Mitt Romney - lied repeatedly (eg. sanctuaries, RomneyCARE)
Rick Santorum - took on RomneyCARE
CNN - set up the debate up for Mitt;Romney given extra time
Here’s my take on your take:
Romney- Slippery and irritating as usual.
Will support Cain - like a lot; he appears to be honest and a fast learner.
Perry - genuine. Came off OK. Long term pol.
Santorum - Don’t think there’s much chance there
Michelle- Shrill, whiney. Five years in congress is not enough experience.
Gingrich- Excellent. Can support...maybe.
Ron Paul- keeps it interesting. Flat a**ed crazy.
cain took a lot of shots,
but stood his ground.
romney looked petty, went down.
bachmann’s out.
santorum’s petulant kid.
newt, as usual, brilliant.
perry, a couple of good comments, feisty attack on romney.
paulard.
Romney was Romney. No change. He is what he is and I won’t vote for him.
Cain was pretty good but not great. He’s my #1 at the moment but I recognize that he is inexperienced in campaigning. This doesn’t make me doubt he’d be a good President, but we need for him to continue to improve so if he’s our nominee then he will perform well in the general election.
Perry had his best night yet but still he’s not very good up there. He just doesn’t express himself very well and doesn’t seem to have much to say either. (That is, there are problems both of substance and delivery.)
Santorum is not important and adds little to these events. I like him ok but I’ll be glad when he is out of the way.
Bachmann wants to tell a story every time she speaks. Several times she seemed to never get to her point. She gives me no reason to want to see her up there again.
Gingrich always adds substance but also always seems like a guy who is much better suited as a legislator than a President. He should run for Senate or something.
Ron Paul adds a bit being up there but I wish he got less time.
Perry reminds me a lot of George W. Bush.
Just saw the last half hour or so. Romney was definitely given preferential treatment in the form of more air time.
Perry was ok. Won’t vote for him no matter what so it doesn’t matter.
Bachman did well. Didn’t like her response about cutting aide to Israel.
Gingrich did well.
Cain rocked. Loved his response about aide to Israel.
Paul would be a joke candidate against zero. He just doesn’t have the overall charisma/charm/sanity it takes to be a viable candidate.
Santorum did well. But we all know he will never get the nomination.
As stated above, Romney was given preferential treatment by the moderator, and almost every question was directed to him.
Anderson Cooper was annoying.
I am voting for Newt in the NH primary.
lol
NEWT GINGRICH ... I see a thread in many many replies.
Erudite, cool under fire, adult, brilliant, excellent, smart, smooth, firm, unwavering... all in reference to Newt Gingrich.
Other than sitting with Nancy on globull warming and his wives and failing to impeach Clintoon (Senate does this actually)... what has he done wrong? He is the only candidate that has not yet stepped on his ...
So far, he is the best candidate I can see for hire. He is a CO that needs a very energetic, smart, willing XO to close and act on his ideas because he doesn’t have the time to close them before moving on to something new. He is a good idea man who needs a great helper(s)
There are no winners and if this debate frenzy keep up, a Republican win in November becomes less likely. People are tuning the candidates out...they are beginning to wear thin and opening themselves to ridicule. The debates have become a glossy circular firing squad. . I suspect Zero is starting to breath a sigh of relief. Collectively, they should agree to one or two more debates and can it.
I am supporting Cain because he has lot of common sense, business sense, and is a dependable conservative. Perry is OK but hurt by the tuition break to illegals meme and the heartless comment. Newt has the best intellect and knowledge of congress.
A Cain-Newt ticket would energize voters for sure.