Debate #4 (Sept. 7, 2011 in CA) (Live thread)
Debate #3 (Aug. 11, 2011 in IA) (Live thread)
OMG! He (rommney) did it again..he is always saying the same thing..and its always about himself!!!
It’s pretty clear now, unless Palin gets into this. Romney is the next POTUS. That just sucks, but it is still way better then obumber.
To wound another candidate other than his beloved Mitt Romney,
RomneyBOT Wallace actually discusses Mr. Cain's private medical history.
Disgustingm even for the misogynist Chris Wallace.
Gross and the crowd knows it and lets Wallace know it.
To help Romney, Wallace throws a softball to
Huntsmann who goes for a STATE-controlled RomneyCARE
(obvious plant for Romney)
To wound another candidate other than his beloved Mitt Romney,
RomneyBOT Wallace takes his knife to Ms. Bachmann.
In his usual fashion, Wallace misstates what she said,
and she is forced to correct Wallace.
Perry says he should have had OPT IN, but then retreats
a bit from that. [Still, to have a candidate admit error
even for a moment is quite refreshing.]
RomneyBOT Wallace asks if RomneyCARE has failed
Romney does not answer precisely, but says there are "good parts"
Again, utter memorization performance, as the question is ignored.
Gov. Perry addresses Romney FLIP FLOPS
and barely makes a double.
Wallace turns to Romney and gives the floor to him yet again.
Romney says he is a "conservative businessman"
and again FOX gives him carte blanche for time
and subject. Romney AGAIN goes way over the time
and at the end Wallace grovels and thanks him.
All I can say is that, man, you’d hardly believe this debate includes Newt, Bachman or Cain. It sure does seem like every question is either posed to or includes a Perry or Romney angle. Yawn. Sure would like to hear more from Cain.
I disagree with the ridiculous argument Perry is doing worse than Romney.
I’m just dropping buy to say my two-cents...haven’t read the whole thread yet. My impressions are:
...seeing Mitt and Perry go head to head reminds me of watching the movie Dumb and Dumber. It’s almost painful.
...Cain has great business sense and health care thoughts, but I’m not sure yet about his ability to lead in a political framework.
...Michelle is more firm tonight and that is helping her, but she still sounds unsure of facts, and that is an issue when you are talking about being President.
...Rick is having a good night. Not sure about his military stance, simply because I’m not sure he got to fully outline it.
...Newt extremely wise, but my trust for him is not there. Sorry. I respect his knowledge very much. His age also concerns me.
...Huntsman is just Mitt with different hair.
...Paul is wacky on foreign policy but his idea of personal liberty and smaller government is good. He is just too extreme in his expression and appearance to instill confidence from me.
...other guy? I didn’t get anything other than I have a balanced budget plan. He did get a good joke in.
Overall, Rick and Herman are more interesting to me, coupled with some good policy advising from Newt. I really like Newt, I just wish I trusted him.
This last segment has been a total waste of time — none are going to commit to naming someone else on the stage as their VP tonight.
Google’s in big trouble with the Feds for sponsoring this debate.
VP CHOICE:
Mitt Romney: Who would you take for VP?
Avoids answering with two jokes.
Copies Gingrich (won’t choose because others would be hurt)
FOX being very deep in the tank for Romney,
has to give Romney even more time,
so Romney has a followup, where FOX NEWS
first calls Perry “unelectable”.
Romney is allowed to speak, rambles.
Ms. Bachmann: Who would you take for VP?
would take strong conservative.
Mr. Cain: Who would you take for VP?
Answers in creative rhyme, cloning
Romney and Gingrich.
END: FOX GIVES IT TO ROMNEY AND PERRY
and dismisses Perry’s comments vs. Romney
(regarding his book).
and makes light of RomneyCARE.
After Cain, I'm basically an anybody but Romney guy. Perry's OK and I can get behind him with a bit of enthusiasm. He's not perfect, but he'll be good for business/jobs and that's most important right now.
After Cain, I'm basically an anybody but Romney guy. Perry's OK and I can get behind him with a bit of enthusiasm. He's not perfect, but he'll be good for business/jobs and that's most important right now.
My nephew lives in NYC. He wanted to come to Austin to attend the University of Texas but could not afford out-of-state tuition. I would love for Rick Perry to answer why my brother’s son, a U. S. Taxpaying Citizen, is not afforded the same opportunities of the children of ILLEGAL aliens who are currently in the State of Texas. Why should I have to support that crap?
Well, Frank Luntz has declared the election over, Romney wins. Sigh. Perry was definitely terrible tonight. If he can’t put 3 sentences together and tell the world who Romney really is, maybe he should drop out. I surely hope somebody like Herman Cain gets some traction. Who knows, maybe I’ll forgive Newt Gingrich for his global warming idiocy, if I think he has a chance to stop Romney. I’d like to see Palin give it a shot. Maybe if Perry keeps stumbling around, she will.
Didn’t the media have the 2008 race being between Rudy Guliani and Hillary Clinton around this stage of that Presidential Debate?
Winners: Mitt Romney - Remains unflappable despite the Perry slams; extremely well spoken as always; projects leadership. He will pick up steam after this. Hermain Cain - likeable, definitive, pro-growth and improving as a debater. Moves past his previous mistatements.
Losers: Rick Perry - Struggled; can't manage a very easy line of attack against the duality of Romney's past positions, wow; takes shots and comes out the worse for the wear. I expect the margin with Romney to shrink;
The others did reasonably well in way or another, but didn't manage to elevate themselves.
After all these debates I’ve made up my mind. Cain is the one that I feel comfortable supporting. So I will support him!
Perry really blew it. I knew Romney wasn’t going to make it a clearcut race between the true conservative Perry vs the RINO romney. It’s hard to defend Perry’s stance on college discounts for illegals. And watching Perry speak was like watching Palin respond to Katie Couric. Isn’t it about time we picked a sharp person for a change?
