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GOP Debate #12 thread: Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #12 – Johnston, Iowa 12/12/07 - Official Discussion Thread
GOP Debate #11 thread: Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #11 – Miami, Florida 12/9/07 - Official Discussion Thread
GOP Debate #10 thread: Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #10 – St. Petersburg 11/28/07 - Official Discussion Thread
GOP Debate #9 thread: Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #9 – Orlando, Florida 10/21/07 - Official Discussion Thread
GOP Debate #8 thread: Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #8 – Dearborn, Michigan 10/09/07 - Official Discussion Thread
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
FOX focus group on now
Mitt Romney HUGE win, won over the whole crowd!
Listen to the comments.
Fred Thompson CLEARLY the weakest.
Listen to the comments.
Ok remind me never to move to New Hampshire.
I’m sure its a beautiful state and all but
I have to be able to converse with people who actually
can formulate thought processes. sheesh.
Almost over, what a good feeling, turning off Fox News.
What a stupid idea, that Lutz focus group. It’s so obvious they want to tell people who to support right after seeing the debate.
Fred Thompson is the only one who will unite all Republicans. There are no subgroups of Republicans who will sit out if Fred is the nominee.
That’s just not true of the other candidates.
Fred lovers, time to face facts!
Put your groupthink aside and see the handwriting on the wall. Fred is going nowhere. He showed no energy, no enthusiasm, no charisma, nothing.
Yes, he has some good ideas. Being POTUS goes way beyond having good ideas. A lot of us have good ideas, but we’re not going to be POTUS.
Huckabee bombed, and an unbiased group of NH repubs overwhelmingly voted him a dud.
Mitt Romney DOMINATED this debate. He was clear, concise, energetic and positive. He has a strong record as a leader and as the group said, HE can beat Obama.
To Fox News, the “all stars,” and the fake Luntz “focus group,” I say this: If you get lucky once in a while and say something the people of this country agree with, then good for you.
Otherwise, take notice: you will never tell me what to think and I’m sure lots of people think the same thing.
Still don’t get why NH just doesn’t like Thompson...Fred Barnes is an a-hole BTW. I’m actually glad Bill Kristol brought it up as a cheap shot.
I could handle Romney as Secretary of Commerce under President Thompson.
I listened to some of the post debate discussion since this was Fox. The pollster, Luntz, had a group that reacted to the debates. They really liked Romney. That surprised me as I thought they all sounded good.
In the first round of Fox dialog, Fred Barnes made a negative comment about Thompson. Kristol took good natured offense and called the remark a cheap shot from a pundit (or something to that effect). Kristol thought no one’s mind would be changed by the debate (my opinion too). Kondracke (mild liberal) thought that Huckabee was the only one who felt the pain of the middle class and that the Republicans had better wise up on that in order to take on Obamma. Liberals are always claiming that our capitalist nation is going down the tubes unless government steps in. Is it any more true of this year than others?
Fred is growing on me. Mitt is O.K. but keeps lapsing back into his latest speech. He did seem to have a control of facts. Mitt can’t keep up with Huckabee in a debate, but can anyone else really follow that (southern) fast talker? Giulianni seems to have some valid accomplishments under his belt. I think McCain may claim too much credit for the surge strategy. He deserves credit, but maybe not so much as he claims. Still, exaggerated claims are to be expected and probably all parties are guilty to some degree. I’d have to say that I liked Fred best. At one point, I was hoping that Romney would credit Hunter. But I don’t think Romney is that “quick” or would consider that smart.
It seemed to me that Wallace gave most of the time to Romney, Huckabee, and McCain, in line with expected results through New Hampshire. Still, the others were slighted.
Frank Luntz's Professional "undecided" focus group members (September 5 vs January 6)
Maybe he would have done better if those issues would have gotten some discussion...lol
Is it just me, or is the difference in substance and knowledge between the Republican debates, on the one hand, and the Democratic debates, on the other, even more pronounced than in the other campaigns?