Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #2 - Columbia, SC 05/15/07 - Official Discussion Thread

May 15, 2007

[CounterCounterCulture]

Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #2 – Columbia, South Carolina 05/15/07 - Official Discussion Thread

Watch live coverage of the First-in-the-South Republican Party Presidential Candidate debate on FOX News Channel and FOXNews.com on Tuesday, May 15, at 9 p.m. EDT (6 p.m. PDT).

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

The 90-minute debate will air from 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. ET (6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.) and will be moderated by "Special Report" anchor Brit Hume. Questions will be posed by two panelists — "FOX News Sunday" host Chris Wallace and White House correspondent Wendell Goler.

[EGPWS]

Duncan taking China to task! GO DUNCAN!

He's looking good with his conveyances.

He's definitely Presidential material.

[calcowgirl]

Spending under Rudy`s reign as Mayor went up 35.6%, compared to the inflation rate of 22.2%. Rudy left NYCity with a projected, pre-9/11 deficit of $2.0 billion and an increased debt total topping $42-billion. ...

Yep! He's gonna get nailed on his fallacious claims. Good!

[billbears]

Well he’d have to wouldn’t he? Considering Rep. Paul gave a much more indepth answer along the same lines a few minutes earlier. Anyone that doesn’t call for that now in this debate will be compared to Paul

[tbone56]

Msnbc should be embarassed after these cogent questions from the Fox News guys.

[DCBryan1]

Drink if ya gott’em.

Just grabbed two (2) Mich. Ultras (sorry Huckster).

[CWW]

This debate blows the —— out of Chris Spazthews at PMSNBC!!

[WFTR]

C’mon Duncan! Smile a little bit.

[pulaskibush]

I would like Hunter/Romney, but I think Romney/Hunter has the best chance of winning.

[RasterMaster]

I don’t want passionate.....I want a tough bastard that the enemy is AFRAID of.

[sneakers]

That WAS a good answer! That’s right up his alley - as is the southern border situation. I hope they ask him a question about that!

[kerryusama04]

Hear hear, eliminate the Department of Homeland (in)Security.

That bureaucracy just served to completely immasculate the Border Patrol. Shut the border and let us take toothpaste in carry-ons again.

[fkabuckeyesrule]

****Boortz on FOX earlier spoke about his support of Hunter’s views on the war (sounds like he isn’t supporting anti war Paul)****

BINGO!!! The WOT has caused Boortz to vote republican often instead of libertarien (i.e., the 2002 GA Senate race and the 2004 pres election).

[NordP]

I'll go for that.

I'll never get my dream team - Bauer (Jack) / Bolton (John) ;-)

[theDentist]

I missed a whole lot of it. Yes, Brownbeck does bring Will Ferrell to mind. And Ron Paul is getting feisty. Good for him!

[jveritas]

LOL... good one :)

[Jet Jaguar]

the voting records of most have been discussed or will be.

Do a keyword search of any candidate (or non-candidate) on FR. You may be surprised.

[snowsislander]

“The arsenal of democracy is leaving our shores. We need to bring it back.”

He's correct. If we want to be the leading military power, we must be able to stay ahead in science and technology, and we must be able to take those advances into actual products. Without the vast resources of a great industrial base, we cannot.

[Jake The Goose]

Hey Duncan.

As a South Carolinian - I have news for you.

The textile industry is gone - and has been replaced with higher paying jobs in this state.

BMW - for example.

The loss of manufacturing jobs has not exactly slowed this economy - not one little bit.

[WFTR]

I wonder whether Ann Coulter will endorse Mike Huckabee now.

[visualops]

My thought too- that was tacky