Live Thread: Republican Presidential Debate in Jacksonville, FL on CNN 8 P.M. EST

Thursday, January 26, 2012 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

Hosted by Wolf Blitzer at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. Candidates: Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul.

Word is the audience will be "allowed" to participate.

Livestream here.

[Shortstop7]

Santorum has won tonight’s debate so far....

[dragnet2]

Paul just cleaned the stage...Newt agreed.

[cincinnati65]

Not worth getting angry about.....!

Talk about handing all your opponents a campaign commercial!!!!! And you can't claim it's taken out of context!!!!

[onyx]

This audience is stacked for Romney. Cheering his every word.

That’s never happened before. It’s too obvious.

[polkajello]

Mitt is a finger in the wind. And it is a flatulent wond blowing.

[blueyon]

I loved that sparkle in Santorum eye when he listened to Mittens answer and Rick knew he had him

[Old Sarge]

[untwist]

Newt is credible on taxes tonight. He scored on knowledge of important states issues. I am enjoying Santorum ripping into Romney on Romneycare.

Ron Paul is a distraction.

Romney is very unlikeable. He wanted to go deep on his finances and pride in being rich - I am not sure but I think this is not helping him.

[kjam22]

The answer to “it’s not worth getting angry about”... is simply “YES IT IS YOU LIAR”

[AllAmericanGirl44]

What in God’s name is rupaul blabbering about?
Santorum does NOT want Government to take care of it, it’s called repeal! sheesh

[Free Vulcan]

Newt’s letting Santorum give him a freebie.

[NKP_Vet]

Lying ass Romney saying his father was an immigrant from Mexico! What joke. Newt needs to come back and ask the asshole what his father doing in Mexico to start with.

He was there because his great grandfather Miles Romney was running from the law because he was about to go to prison for polygamy. Damn, I wish somebody would bring that up.

[CASchack]

New = Newt

[MissMagnolia]

Agreed - moderator & audience stacked for Romney. I think he’ll “win” (by media opinion) this battle, but he’s losing the war because he looks like a fricking snake.

[Fresh Wind]

Ok, lets have some Hispandering.

[JediJones]

Santorum’s playing the attack dog pretty well on Romorrhoid-care.

[Dysart]

Another lie from Mitt: Romney's Fannie and Freddie Investments Not Blind Trusts:

On his financial disclosure statement filed last month, Romney reported owning between $250,001 and $500,000 in a mutual fund that invests in debt notes of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, among other government entities. Over the previous year, he had reported earning between $15,001 and $50,000 in interest from those investments. And unlike most of Romney’s financial holdings, which are held in a blind trust that is overseen by a trustee and not known to Romney, this particular investment was among those that would have been known to Romney.

http://www.boston.com/Boston/politicalintelligence/2011/09/romney-pummels-profits-from-fannie-freddie/a2YN7UoFKXQHW1RzAiaW4J/index.html

[ez]

Newt has gone invisible.

Invisible is sometimes good.

[Lady Lucky]

Romney was just pwned.

Yep. Santorum broke his bones on Romneycare.

[writer33]

Santorum looks far more passionate tonight.