Live Thread - NBC News/Tampa Bay Times GOP debate tonight on NBC

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[TexasFreeper2009]

All four remaining GOP candidates have been confirmed for tonight's debate sponsored by NBC News, the Tampa Bay Times, The National Journal and the Florida Council of 100. The debate will take place at the University of South Florida in Tampa. This will be the first of 2 debates this week focusing on the Florida GOP primary on Tuesday, January 31st. Note the air times on the east and west coast.

Television Air Time: Monday, January 23rd at 9pm ET, 8pm CT and 9pm PT on NBC

Live Streams: (airing 9pm ET) NBCPolitics.com, National Journal, and TampaBay.com

Participants: Gingrich, Romney, Santorum, Paul

[Irish Eyes]

Newt should have started by telling the audience we are still a free country and they could applaud him as much and often as possible.

LOL...that would have been good.

[af_vet_rr]

Not allowing applause has caused it to be quiet and strained.

Not allowing Newt to respond has caused it to be quiet and strained.

I hope Romney is proud of himself for wasting so much time that could have been spent going after Obama.

But Romney was looking desperate tonight and that won't help him.

[writer33]

It’s pretty crystal clear to me. I see the differences.

[World'sGoneInsane]

Who the hell is NBC to tell the audience they CAN’T applaud.

I guess this explains why NBC is always in last place. Yawn.

[angelcindy]

Here we go again with the attacks again

[show]

Rick S needs to shut it. He needs to quit bashing Conservative Newt.

Rick S ego is out of control and it’s a turn off.

[chessplayer]

Have to give this one to Romney if for no other reason than he kept Gingrich on the defensive.

[bgill]

Paul got it right on Conservativism. Small gov, personal liberties, Constitution.

[tcrlaf]

OK FOLKS...
ONE HOUR, and 30 minutes in to the debate, and Brian Williams hasn’t mentioned BArack Obama once. NOT ONCE!

We have 47 MILLION PEOPLE ON FOODSTAMPS, and NBC is asking questions about a Federal Swamp Rescue Program???

Are they ———g kidding????

[Utmost Certainty]

Santorum’s up there lying as usual.

[Girlene]

Got it on the Beet (not Beech) sugar...thanks!

Williams asks....What have you done to help build the conservative movement? - Mitt I raised a family , built a business, gpvernor of democrat state that balanced a budget, increased education performance....

Gingrich - talks about everything from Goldwater to Reagan to the Cold War and Into the Future.....

Paul - makes a good point that our rhetoric is still pretty good about being conservative...our actions not so much.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

STAY OUTTA DA BUSHES!!

No more Bushes, Kennedy’s, Clinton, etc.

I think Santorum just had a great summAtion of the contrast between him and Obama and him and Romney and Newt. Paul had a good finale a out the Constitution.

[Theoria]

'I have a record ....'

Snicker.

[combat_boots]

“Sounds”

Has anyone noticed that when Gingrich and Paul speak, there have been sound gaffes? Has this happened with Santorum? I don’t think this has occurred with Romney.

[katiedidit1]

Newt is the most conservative candidate running...PERIOD!!!

[LibsRJerks]

Another question to the non-conservative . . .

[Pravious]

“I don’t think this debate will change much. Maybe some minor movement in the polls, but that’s it. It’s a rotten debate with rotten questions and a rotten atmosphere thanks to audience suppression.”

I agree. I’ve seen almost all of them, and this is the worst so far. Boring questions. Boring audience. Boring answers. No one except the most die-hard political junkies (hey, that’s us!) could have made it this far.

[Palladin]

A fog of words. Dazzle them with obscure facts; drown them in irrelevant figures.

Newt does it like a used car salesman.

[NKP_Vet]

Ricky the whinner. The last debate it was 12 years Newt had been for a mandate, now it’s 20. Next debate what will it be.