Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #8 – Dearborn, MI 10/09/07 - Official Discussion Thread

[CounterCounterCulture]

Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #8 – Dearborn, Michigan 10/09/07 - Official Discussion Thread

CNBC/MSNBC/The Wall Street Journal are jointly sponsoring the first Republican Presidential debate of the 2008 campaign focusing on economic issues. It will be held on October 9 in Dearborn, Michigan at the University of Michigan-Dearborn at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center. Broadcast is live on CNBC at 4 PM ET (1 PM PT) and re-broadcast on MSNBC at 9 PM ET (6 PM PT). CNBC's Maria Bartiromo and MSNBC's Chris Matthews will host the debate.

Live streaming on CNBC.com

Candidates participating:

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

[wastedyears]

[SE Mom]

He’s scary, isn’t he?

[Shelayne]

I stand corrected. I “heard” it because I have heard him say that before. My bad.

[rodguy911]

NO he is beyond kooky into the next generations of kookdom!!

[FlashBack]

I’m just getting the “feed” from this thread...thank GOD for the FReepers board!!!

[roses of sharon]

Dang, on the phone and missed a Hildabeast slam, what did he say?

Thanks!

[khnyny]

I agree. Romney/Hunter.

[pillut48]

Thanks to all who responded! I’ve got it now! :-)

[wastedyears]

What the heck kinda question is that?

WEALTH DISTRIBUTION ALERT

[RasterMaster]

Pretty DUmb to claim to want to be “independent from mid-eastern oil”, but vote no to drilling in FL or ANWR.

[SE Mom]

LOL! I had a vision of his staff groaning:)

[eeevil conservative]

I KNOW!

LOL!!

“It wasn’t a country”

oh— so anyone else can attack us and the President is just an old man without viagra unless they actually have the name of a country plastered on the arriving weapons????

hello RON— wake up— it is 2007.....the other countries know they cannot beat us militarily....so they just “sponsor” little jihadists.....

[jmyrlefuller]

Why has Hunter never held a leadership position in Congress or elsewhere? I like his perspective but I doubt his team-playing or Aministration-building skills

He chaired the Armed Services Committee, actually.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

http://media.cnbc.com/i/CNBC/Sections/Video/CNBC_Live/player/live_video_ymyv.html

[The Pack Knight]

Being on economic issues, this debate should be Rudy's best, and he has had some good answers. However, he really seems a lot less polished this time around.

Dare I say that the extra-long campaign season might be wearing some of the candidates down? A few of them seem off their game this time around.

[pillut48]

Looks like CNBC is keeping Chrissy on a very short leash, eh? :-)

[darkangel82]

“I wouldn’t drill off the coast of FL” First thing I ever agreed with McCain on, although he probably doesn’t mean it.

[SnakeDoctor]

>> I wish the others would just drop out but they are going to stay in so they can barter for convention speech time.

Agreed. They’ve had 8 months to get traction ... now they’re just distracting.

Thompson, Giuliani and Romney should probably be the only three left ... though McCain and Huckabee might have made enough of a dent to stay around for a little while longer. Everyone else should hit the showers ... its over.

H

[jonathanmo]

Fred is not a strong debater, for sure. He’s playing within his skill set, however and not messing up, which I believe was his goal..

[GOP_Proud]

Is that an opus?