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

[eeevil conservative]

ROFLLL!!!!

Fred needed how many months to “find his heart” on even running????

oy....reminds me of teenagers in love.....so the guy is an actor....really....he just reads other people’s lines.....the man is no thinker......

[JFC]

That was Brownback that said that.

[CounterCounterCulture]

We’ve gone to break at 2:19pm PDT.

[pillut48]

Agreed...although he seems a bit nervous, but that’s understandable. The camera people seem to be having fun showing him towering over Rudy, LOL. :-)

[padre35]

Yes mitt does, I don’t like his inconsistency he does have vision though.

And a fine salesmen.../s

[traditional1]

You are correct; it’s not a contradiction. Someone has to find SOMETHING to attack FRed with, as their picks are not even a threat to anyone’s candidacy or the Liberal MSM’s favorites.

[TalonDJ]

Anyone know how much longer this is? I want to go home from work but don’t want to miss any.

[dschapin]

I don’t know, I actually really liked Tancredo’s last answer about sticking to our principles and not sticking our finger to the wind.

[sweet_diane]

"I think that’s the best Tancredo’s sounded all night.

I agree!

[BubbaBasher]

Duncan Hunter looking and sounding very presidential...they need to give him more time!

Just the opposite. He looks small and petty. Completely uninspiring.

[rodguy911]

Tancreado was really hot on that last question great response.

[airborne]

Can anyone dispute that every one of the men on stage right now is vastly superior to any of the choices from the Democrat camp?

(except RonPaul, maybe)

[Right_in_Virginia]

That was Brownbeck (sp). ;-)

[Lost Highway]

One word for the whole thing. Snoozer.

[daler]

"Giuliani is doing great attacking Hillary."

Be nice if more of the other guys would get it the way he does (and no, he's not my guy...yet).

[kabar]

The problem is that Tancredo doesn’t get called on very often, hence his desire to get his licks in quickly. This format does not promote real debate, just sound bites. I must say that Russert did the best job in the Dem debate. We need some back and forth with the candidates.

[mark3681]

I agree with your assessment.

One thing is wrong with this entire debate though. Too many pie holes up there. I know it is early, but we have to pare down the field, and fast.

[Pistolshot]

Yep, when Tanc gets going he can't get what he wants to say out in the right fashion. It's nice to be emotional, but you have to control it to get your point across.

-5 points for presentation.

[SE Mom]

Oh geesh- how EMBARASSING:) I was in the kitchen - didn’t get the difference in voices. Thanks for clearing that up!

[Oliver Optic]

I missed this. What was the implication?

At the tail end of answering a question on whether the President must consult with Congress before an attack on Iran, McCain said something along the lines of "this scenario may be closer than we're talking about tonight."