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.

[Reagan Man]

More fuel on the fire.

From the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research (Edmund J. McMahon):

"The scope of government was not reduced at all. ..... money saved on social services has only helped to subsidize big increases in other categories. Today the array of social services sponsored and partially funded by the city—from day care to virtually guaranteed housing—is as wide as ever."

"In the final analysis, Mayor Giuliani sought to make the city deliver services more efficiently—not to make the city deliver fewer services. ..... the city instead failed to reduce spending."

"Even with the tax cuts of the last several years, New York remains by far the most heavily taxed big city in the country."

[Pyro7480]

Romney blows the Second Amendment part.

[Jet Jaguar]

News to me.

I thank you for the post.

Go Fred!

I was looking at Huckabee, I am not now.

[Tennessee Nana]

*)% of the people voted saying build that there road?

[Lexinom]

Antoninus was the first AFAIK to coin that moniker. Gilmore is using it - probably without attribution. Am I correct Antoninus?

[dragnet2]

So much for Romney on the 2nd Amendment.

[Vision]

Romney supported the assult weapons ban.

Over.

[Sprite518]

What is this 80% he is talking about? What about the 94 tax cuts? Is he giving us a line of B.S. or is he being honest about it?

[kcar]

Romney supports the AWB?! He’s dead.

[DCBryan1]

Romney JUST LOST MY VOTE....THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN ASSAULT WEAPON! PC BS FROM Sarah Brady.

ARRRRGGHHH!

[tantiboh]

Yes. Mormons believe that marriage can last beyond life.

[advance_copy]

I really really hate it when GOP candidates hide their liberalism behind the war on terrorism, and then call themselves conservative.

[Tennessee Nana]

Yeah get Romney on abortion

[NordP]

Bingo

[jveritas]

Another excellent answer by Romney.

[kerryusama04]

Dear God, Romney just said he supports an assault weapon ban. Adios loser. No way a guy can get anywhere in our party without MYNRA

[spectre]

Et tu, jveritas? NOOOOOO!!

sw

[Vision]

What a great debate.

[jmc813]

Ehhh... Romney supports the AWB. Bah.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Why? You want to carry an assault weapon?