Previous debate threads:
GOP Debate #7 thread: Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #7 – Baltimore, Maryland 09/27/07 - Official Discussion Thread
GOP Debate #6 thread: Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #6 – Fort Lauderdale, Florida 09/17/07 - Official Discussion Thread
GOP Debate #5 thread: Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #5 – Durham, New Hampshire 09/05/07 - Official Discussion Thread
GOP Debate #4 thread: Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #4 - Des Moines, Iowa 08/05/07 - Official Discussion Thread
GOP Debate #3 thread: Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #3 - Manchester, NH 06/05/07 - Official Discussion Thread
GOP Debate #2 thread: Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #2 - Columbia, SC 05/15/07 - Official Discussion Thread
GOP Debate #1 thread: Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #1~ Reagan Library 05/03/07 - Official Discussion Thread
I can’t find the link...do I need to sign up??
Media:
The world sucks. America sucks. Since it’s all the fault of your party, what can you promise to give away to people to make their miserable lives better?
Politican(s):
I agree. You’re absolutely right. I see both sides of the issue, and will do everything I can to make life better for everyone for all time.
(applause from brain-dead audience)
Sarcasm aside, in all honesty... can we pick “none of the above”? (no WONDER people want Rush to run, listening to this bunch of losers). Since the alternative is the Evil One, though...
Ugh. Oh, no. It’s Ron Paul again. Well, at least he’s comic relief...
McCain: We need to.....
do yada and yada and yada....
[Why haven’t you done any of that as a Senator, Senator? Instead of trying to assault the First Amendment. Maybe fixing the tax code and SS is more important, Senator, than steriods in baseball or high definition tv.]
Huckabee: Watch people at the malls.
[Many site see and are not necessarily spending, Governor.]
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HUNTER GETS APPLAUSE FOR FAIR TRADE.. THOMPSON GETS SILENCE FOR HIS KISS CHINA’S BUTT POLICY.... LOL
McCain: The American people no longer have trust that we (government) can fix anything.
[True, Senator, and we have doubts most of you would do it as President. Why should we trust you with the Oval Office when most of you have failed so miserably in the Congress?]
I can see why Fred Thompson sat out the previous debates.. he is not doing well here without a script.. Duncan Hunter scores again... !
The debate thread.
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Ok, Fred looks like 65. So? Romney looks like a ski instructor, and I have nothing against ski instructors in the right places, but I’ll never vote for one for POTUS.
(Full disclosure? Never going to vote for Romney anyway. Don’t know where he stands, beyond the moment.)
Damn. Ron Paul sounds like a shrill nag. What do people see in this annoying fool?
Does anyone have an OBJECTIVE analysis of this debate?
I’ve read a LOT of this thread, and everyone seems to have a dog in the fight. The Hunter supporters think Hunter’s a genius, and Thompson looks tired and old. The Romney supporters think Romney’s been great, Thompson is boring, and Giuliani lies. The Thompson supporters think Thompson looks Presidential, and Romney is floundering.
Objectively:
(1) Among the frontrunners (Thompson, Romney and Giuliani, who is doing the best?
(2) Is anyone in the middle tier (McCain, Huckabee) doing particularly well or particularly poorly?
(3) Is anyone in the top tier falling apart?
(4) Are any of the also-rans having a particularly extraordinary day (Hunter, Tancredo, Paul, Brownback)?
Ultimately, on an objective viewing, will this debate change the race at all? Or, will the top 3 remain the top, the middle remain the middle, and the bottom remain there?
Will any frontrunners status be changed ... Romney catching up with Thompson/ Giuliani, Romney falling out, Thompson or Giuliani pulling away, Thompson or Giuliani falling?
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Arrrgggghhhh!!! I’m late getting here and the streaming link doesn’t work!!!! Help!!!
McCain has now joined up with Al Gore.
Will someone please tell me WHY ON EARTH some of the POLLS that CBS, etc offer, FAIL to INCLUDE DUNCAN HUNTERS names among the “ WHO will win the debate tonight”?? as if he isn’t even debating!!!!!!!!!!ridiculous!!!
Fred Thompson is freaking terrible. God he is awful. Sorry if I offend his supporters but man is he dull and lacking any substance.
Romney is slick like a used car salesman or a televangelist.
Huckabee is smarmy like Bubba. Most be something in the water in Hope, AR.
This is actually a good debate. It is the first one I have bothered to watch. Most of the candidates are doing a pretty good job and the NBC-WSJ leftists are not really skewing the debate. I do not like or support McCain but he has even done well. I feel the same about Romney but he has done well.Giuliani is being very arrogant by always injecting Hillary into every answer, he cannot answer a question directly, he tries to be too clever by putting his spin on every answer. Thompson has not tried to win the debate or impress anybody and that naturalness has helped him.
Matthews: How would you (Giuliani) police the Internet.
[Leave it alone! It works fine without Hillary’s gatekeeper.]