Luntz said fred AND mitt won. He said fred and mitt both left with more supporters than they arrived with. McCain went in with 7 and lost them all. guliani lost supporters.
He also said illegal immigration is THE red hot issue.
One guy putting down mccain said “I have no problem with pouring water on the face of someone who killed 3000 Americans”. Another said McCain was acting sanctimonious,looking down at candidates who disagreed with him. A lady said Mitt impressed her with the waterboarding and something else, he looked presidential and she had changed her mind to go with him.
it was romney and thompson up, guliani and mccain down and out.
However I will agree Mitt did very well for a moderate.
“Luntz said fred AND mitt won”
I saw that part but I thought he opened with the Fred statement, I just tried to watch it again but I missed the opening and only caught the Fred and Mitt portion.
Well, that’s a good night then... “it was romney and thompson up, guliani and mccain down and out.”
“ansel12,If I heard right today, Frank luntz said that his work with his groups revealed Fred as the big benefactor of last nights debate.”
I did hear this “Now, if you want to understand what Republicans are looking for, passion, principles, and pithy commentary. And the candidate that stood out yesterday was Fred Thompson.”
Here is the opening paragraph portion:
COLMES: Welcome to “Hannity & Colmes.” And we get right to our top story tonight. The Republican candidates debated in Florida last night. We have extensive coverage of CNN’s disastrous charade in just a few minutes. But we start tonight with how well the candidates did. Our own Frank Luntz was in Florida with a focus group. He has got the results.
Frank, according to your group, how did it go?
FRANK LUNTZ, WWW.LUNTZ.COM: We had a lot of people participate and they are mad as hell. I have got to tell you something, in listening to what the Republicans have to say right now, they are very nervous about the future. They are not happy about the direction in Washington. And they really want a change.
So they were truly attuned to what was going on last night. Now, if you want to understand what Republicans are looking for, passion, principles, and pithy commentary. And the candidate that stood out yesterday was Fred Thompson. We have used our patented the FOX News dials.
The higher that you see the lines go, the more favorable the reaction. The red line represents conservatives, yellow line, independents. If the lines climb to an 80, it’s a political home run. Watch how favorable they respond to Fred Thompson when he talks about wasteful Washington spending.
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