Posted on 01/30/2008 4:16:12 PM PST by khnyny
Reagan Library Republican Presidential Debate: January 30, 2008
SIMI VALLEY, California (CNN) -- Republican presidential hopefuls will face off Wednesday night without a familiar face as ex-New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is expected to drop out and endorse front-runner Sen. John McCain.
The remaining candidates will take the stage in a debate -- sponsored by CNN, the Los Angeles Times and Politico -- beginning at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday.
The event at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, follows McCain's Tuesday night win in the Florida primary.
McCain topped former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney 36 percent to 31 percent in the hotly contested race.
Giuliani placed third with 15 percent of the vote, followed closely by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee with 14 percent, and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas was fifth with 3 percent.
Giuliani is expected to end his White House bid and endorse McCain at a campaign event in California later Wednesday, Republican Party sources said.
Minus Giuliani, the debate will be a four-candidate affair -- McCain, Romney, Huckabee and Paul -- with CNN's Anderson Cooper moderating.
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This wasn't "20-30" years ago. This was right in the middle of Contract With America and the 1994 Republican Revolution. Romney rejected all of that. "Look, I was an independent during the time of Reagan/Bush, I'm not trying to return to Reagan-Bush" - 1994 YouTube clip.
No he’s always been an idiot. You Irish eyes aren’t lying.
Cas,
In business they call them metrics, but McCain wouldn't understand that not being in the private sector!
Tennessee Nana is always tuned in... to her own religious bigotry... that’s her basis for campaigning against Romney.
Didn't the REPORTER ask Romney about timetables? Of course he used it in his response!
Ron PAul just took a sip of corn squeezings
LET RON PAUL SPEAK CNN, FOR GOD’S SAKE!
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He speaking about butter now...Impressed????? NOT!
Good answer on the war from Huckabee
WHat is he lying about nana?
Rumsfeld was fired?
He got the “biggest applause of the night” for MoveOn and KOS talking points.
McCain trying to enlist the help of Huckabee to tag team Romney, he knows he’s outmatched in an one on one with Romney.
When McCain was talking about Romney spending money on negative ads, Romney should have said “at least I didn’t lie senator”!!!!!
How did so many paul fans get in there?
LOL...he is not liking being left out is he?
He’s not well. Seriously.
MSM needs to keep LRon and Huck in the race to make people say “see, look how goofy these Republicans are”. Notice they got rid of Kucinich awfully fast.
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