Reagan Library Republican Presidential Debate: January 30, 2008 (Official Thread)

CNN ^ | January 30, 2008

[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.

[Reily]

I think he means that Reagan was once a FDR democrat.
And being a FDR democrat pretty much puts you against Reaganism. (or at least how we are presently defining Reaganism)a

[peggybac]

QUIT SMIRKING McCAIN! Geesh, he looks like a dirty old man. An obnoxious dirty old man.

[HonestConservative]

I don’t.

[padre35]

Oh heck no, Tn Nana is dead against Mitt Romney, that is no reason to say that, she is consistent and backs up her links.

I disagree with her mostly, but she is a broken Hearted FredHead and we are Simpatico on that one.

[Tennessee Nana]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Romney just did a Reagan history

What a liar

He loathes the military

[callisto]

Romney begins to answer on how he’d run the military and McCain just keeps on grinning like he knows it all.

[txlurker]

Tennessee Nana is a DNC plant.

LOL...you see her the same as me!

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Romney’s missing another opportunity here, he should be pointing out the virtue of civilian control of the military. On principle.

[A. Morgan]

BINGO!

[spectre]

Every time I look at McCain I think about playing a game of Solitaire..

sw

[weston]

Romney should stress that he has been a “chief EXECUTIVE officer. We are, after all, electing the head of the EXECUTIVE wing of the government

[Reagan Man]

Reagan is an icon to conservatives.

You’re post made no sense. Pathetic!

[Cedric]

Uh oh, Romney just used the “temperament” word....5,4,3,2!!

[B Knotts]

IOW, a retread, more than likely.

[gpapa]

Certainly not the sheeple voters.

[Pyro7480]

Hey Jill! Nice to see you in the discussion. :-)

[KansasGirl]

WHAT A SOCIALIST PIG MCCAIN IS

[jwalsh07]

McCain attacking capitalism. How the hell do conservatives vote for this guy?

[LordBridey]

Romney says he regrets not serving in military. I don’t believe that.

[COBOL2Java]

McInsane now saying why he doesn’t think Romney would make a good CIC. First thing out of his mouth was how “people lost jobs” when Romney was CEO.