Posted on 01/10/2008 4:49:16 PM PST by CounterCounterCulture
Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #15 – Myrtle Beach, SC 01/10/08 - Official Discussion Thread
Watch the Republican presidential primary candidates debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C., live on FOX News Channel and FOXNews.com at 9 p.m. ET.
Hhhmmm..So it’s a person, not an oraganization? Curiouser and curiouser...
No he's not. The first thing Huck did when he heard of of Benazir Bhutto's assassination was to apologize to the Pakistani people! HE APOLOGIZED!!!
I’ve been looking ... WHY CAN’T WE VOTE ON ANY POLLS FROM
A N Y ... NETWORKS OR PUBLICATION SITES??
Please let me know if you find any. Why wouldn’t Fox
have an online poll?? It’s crazy.
Huck’s Southern Strategy!
C’mon!
I',m a granny - got a cell phone but no idae how to text ;o(
They ended up overwhelmingly for Fred.
Pro- border fence is Huckabee’s conversion on the road to Iowa.
Fred has racked up about $15K from his website since the debate began.
Go Fred go!
I think you are backward on Rudy.
He is wolf in sheeps clothing
Huckabee’s absolutely right — most on this forum would pillory Reagan for what he did as Governor. And yes, RR did raise taxes in California.
Jim Geraghty at The Campaign Spot http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/
Tonight, Fred Reminded Me of Roy Hobbs.
Winner: Thompson. This performance was so commanding, I wanted his last answer to echo back to the lights in the back of the auditorium, blow out all the lamps and spotlights, for the theme to “the Natural” to play, and for him to trot around the stage in slow motion while sparks showered down in the background.
Silver Medal: Actually, Giuliani, McCain and Romney all had “pretty good” nights – although I wonder if Romney missed a golden opportunity to make a point when Paul suggested that Iran was not much of a threat. McCain seemed a little softer-edged tonight. For a guy who’s arguably now the frontrunner, he didn’t seem to catch a lot of flak tonight.
Giuliani is good, but when you watch all of these debates, his rhetoric gets repetitive after a while. I feel like he’s in reruns.
All of these guys felt kind of like the supporting cast tonight; the headline fight was Thompson vs. Huckabee, with everybody periodically jumping in to beat on Ron Paul.
Bronze: Huckabee – and ironically, he had some good answers tonight – economics, and the religion one. Still very likeable, as usual, but I wonder if Thompson started taking the bark off him a bit tonight. South Carolina’s Republicans are different from Iowa’s, and I don’t know if he’s going to be able to smile and populist his way through it. Responding to a tough attack is never easy, and I credit him for not taking the Romney-esque, “oh, that’s uncalled for, I don’t think we should make such personal attacks…”
Playing his own game: Ron Paul. I have to wonder – do his supporters really enjoy watching him in these debates? Every time he speaks, somebody uses him as a punching bag for some cheap and easy applause lines. I don’t think he’s necessarily winning everybody over, and I don’t think his opponents are dislodging any of his supporters.
For once I’m in total agreement with Frank Luntz’s focus group – they loved Fred. They’re saying he showed passion.
Two people in the focus groups said he was “in the shadows” before this evening. What? He’s an illegal immigrant?
I like Fred a lot tonight. Up until now, Fred has not gotten equal or adequate MSM face time. Fred has natural talent, that’s a given.
I rank Romney over Thompson, because Romney did a better job in the debate. Thompson did do well, I guess it is just a matter of personal opinion.
Fred is very good, but...Hunter is better.
” but he referred to the endorsement as ‘they’. It’s the NRA. Bank on it.”
I would love that but my guess is Club for Growth.
Wish Duncan was at this debate
DITTO!
Tommyboy did well beating Huckster up.
Mit did alright.
But really no real breakout.
I’m going to repost something I put up earlier. Everyone here was watching Fred bitch slap Colmes and I don’t think they saw it. It’s worth repeating:
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OMG!
Y’all are gonna LOVE this one. Jim Geraghty, NRO “The Campaign Spot”:
“Winner: THOMPSON.
This performance was so commanding, I wanted his last answer to echo back to the lights
in the back of the auditorium, blow out all the lamps and spotlights, for the theme to “The Natural” to play,
and for him to trot around the stage in slow motion while sparks showered down in the background.”
This is NOT a writer known for hyperbole. I think he liked Fred tonight!
Frank Duntz... surprisingly said Fred won the debate!
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