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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He's right on the war in the macro sense, he's absolutely wrong on GITMO.
Romney is sooooooooo good.
Mitt said TEMPERAMENT!!!! HAHAHAHAAHAHA! Poor John.
Starting to hate McCain???? Welcome to the club.
Sounds like another Senator last election who loved to talk about his 3 Purple Hearts...
Hello fellow Texan...
Hunter proved to be an amateurish loser... sorry.
Romney getting the applause! McCain wish this debate was in San Francisco.
“Every time McQueeg says “timetables” I hear “strawberries”.”
If he uses the phrase “foot soldier” again, I’m gonna scream.
Watch that trend line when Romney answers —up, up, up between 70 and 90! McCain flat at 50.
And he can lead this country for 8 years.
McNutCase is a JERK!
After this debate, I start getting doubt that McCain is going to be a nominee, what a 24 hours can do!!!
Romney grins like a candy ass.
So McCain thinks there’s something wrong with working for profit.
Sounded like that to me.
Of course private sector baaad, government gooood
Huck is getting fired up about all of the qs going to Mitt
mcCain avoids the question again. What does a fighter squadron have to do with the economy John? Timetables? What the????
Because he spent most of his life in the private sector.
A good thing IMO.
Romney just put down McCain’s temperment.
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