Fox News Live Thread: Candidates to Sell Conservative Credentials at Republican Debate

Fox News ^ | 10-21-2007

[My Favorite Headache]

WASHINGTON

[RatsDawg]

Did anyone else laugh, and clap when McCain said he looked in Putin’s eyes and saw 3 letters, KGB?

[SnarlinCubBear]

I’m trying to like Fred...really really trying to like Fred.

But to me, John McCain hits it out of the park everytime on national security.

[bray]

Rudy is leading in the polls and that gets him first billing. Everyone will get equal treatment. The hatred for Rudy has got to end. We will need his voters as well as Tancredo and Hunter’s when the time comes. RP’s will stay w/the DNC.

Pray for W and Our Troops

[DoughtyOne]

 

Carl Cameron, misnamed earlier

[gidget7]

Luntz is an idiot! It would really shock him to look up the membership list of the Democrat Socialists of America!!!

[Soul Seeker]

Well, I’m not in a recliner but I assume most of america is either watching the Steelers/broncos football game or the Sox/Indians game. Not sure it’s such a bad thing you think he looks comfortable engaged in popular American hobbies. Anyway.

This brings me to a question. Why in the world did they schedule this debate tonight under those circumstances? Football...do or die in the baseball playoffs...or politicians looking for soundbites. wasn’t a hard decision for me. Sports trumped this debate. And with that Indians now finally get a run on the board.

Just checking in quickly for highlights...if there were any.

[BCrago66]

Here’s the feed from Fox News Radio:

http://www.foxnewsradio.com/

Scroll down about 3/4 then click “listen live.”

[nicmarlo]

Did anyone else laugh, and clap when McCain said he looked in Putin’s eyes and saw 3 letters, KGB?

LOL! I can't stand McLame...but, that was a good one.

[Tarpon]

Fred looked great and did very well. Somehow the GOP race needs to be cut down to 4-6 debaters. This many candidates prevents focusing.

The media is pumping for a Hillary Matters — Rudy race, that way they get a NY Liberal no matter who wins.

[upsdriver]

I thought McCain did fairly well tonight.

[NordP]

Thompson and Sean..."you went after Rudy tonight" ...which was like attacking me personally LOL

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

No clear winners or losers tonight. All the top tier held their own with some good answers on particular questions. Mitt’s answer on Social Security was quite good. He has a talent for tailoring his message to his audience, SS and healthcare to an aging Florida population in particular.

Huckabee is the dark horse in the race. He and McCain might see a little bounce from this debate.

[armymarinemom]

Yikes. FR is jumping on my computer. It acts like it wants to scroll on it’s own. Other sites are not doing this.

[fred4prez]

Fred's on FOX!

Talking about doing the right things and the return to the first principles.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

When the site went down, I restarted my puter, thinking that was the problem. So, I missed that last of the debate. Did Paul pi$$ off many in the audience?

[The Pack Knight]

It's much easier to shoot from the hip when you're speaking from the heart. I definitely like what I saw out of Fred this time.

Hunter finally seems to have gotten comfortable in the debates, too. I actually think Rudy and Romney have slid a little. Rudy was less agile in dancing around questions this time around. Romney was better than he was in the last two debates, but he still doesn't look as good as he did in the first few.

I'm more or less a Thompson supporter, but I like to think I've been honest in my assessments of the debates. I thought he was a bit shaky during the first debate. I genuinely believe Fred Thompson won this debate.

[Just mythoughts]

McCain threw out national security when he demanded that anti-torture legislation.... No I do not favor torturing people but I am repulsed by the implication that legislation was necessary.

[roses of sharon]

That was a cool line by McCain, the President was asked about that in his presser last week, and he said “good line”, and laughed.

[editor-surveyor]

"It’s that ligament in your thigh athletes are always tearing."

The ACL is on the foreward inside of your knee.

[don-o]

I look into McCain’s eyes and think “Strawberries”