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.

[DocRock]

"Romney blows the Second Amendment part."

"I'm for the 2nd Amend, but for a ban on assault weapons"

Translation: "I'm not a gun grabber, I just want to grab a few guns"

[NordP]

Thompson up again....DEE dee dee...

[Choose Ye This Day]

“Thank You” to whom? For what?

[Lexinom]

Romney's change of heart may be geniune. The timing (2004? 05? does raise the eyebrows a little.

My beef with Romney is on immigration and just the fact he seems a little too slick.

Whoe is the guy who looks/sounds like Gore? Is that Brownback? I just read about these guys, don't watch much TV (am streaming the debate)

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Yes he does The reason Congress is rated so lowly is NOT because there is not enough “niceness” there - it is because most Americans see Congress as totally corrupt.

[The Pack Knight]

According to the Assault Weapons Ban, my Glock 21 with its HiCap magazine is an "assault weapon". I don't plan on giving it up.

[jveritas]

LOL, exactly :)

[OneLoyalAmerican]

Why? You want to carry an assault weapon?

The "assault weapon" is a red herring.

[Vision]

Romney is out for me. I’m not voting for any anti gunners.

[RasterMaster]

Janet Reno’s definition of “assault weapons”??? Last time I checked, a weapon by itself can assault no one.

[Mr. Blonde]

At least he doesn’t duck his own stand on something which is more than we can say about Guiliani. If someone is forthright at least you know what you are getting. And just because he supports it doesn’t guarantee it happens. The president is not the be all end all of any legislation. He is only a small part.

[fidelio]

I was looking at Huckabee, I am not now.

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He is speaking the truth. The roads in Arkansas were the worst in the country and we had school districts still using Windows 95 on the one computer they had.

[TomGuy]

It seems that stem cell is the new litmus test issue.

[Sprite518]

Huckabee is suddenly on my radar where he was not even an after thought prior to tonight.

[Fishtalk]

Anybody know where this is being held?

[EGPWS]

The Senator from AZ for the last 20+ years just said we need to secure the border. Despicable.

Saying it and not showing any promotion in doing so in the last 20 years is despicable.

[LibertarianInExile]

I think Romney’s trying to steal Rudy’s voters and solidify his female base.

[Fishtalk]

Anybody know where this is being held?

[pulaskibush]

Brownback just used the phrase “pulling us together” as well in supporting comprehensive immigration reform. He leaves out the part where democrats will cut funding to the enforcement while the guest worker/amnesty program legalizes millions of illegal immigrants. Just like in 86

[advance_copy]

I understand your position. I’m still looking for candidate C: Pro-life and a strong stance against terrorists.

You are right, no cut and run Republicans. America’s got too many of those in the RAT party.