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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The PRO-MITT posts on this thread are sickening.
MITT is a phoney. He’s a nice guy, but he’s a good CEO, not a President. And he can’t win the general election! Why don’t you guys surrender?
mcCAIN claiming Romney not qualified to be CIC in WOT.
because she doesn’t like Romney? That makes her a bot?
They cut McCain off in the middle of his name-dropping. Good...
He was a Army of One as well as Squadron of 40...
He was close with Reagan though, to be fair, Cain Reagan and Goldwater had many photo ops etc
Romney needs to quit debating the military stuff. He’s a loser here. Steer each answer back to the economy no matter the question.
because she doesn’t like Romney? That makes her a bot?
Too bad they have to stroke each other. “He’s a fine man, integrity, honorable service...” Yada yada. Wish Romney could just say “You’re too old and unstable for the job!!”
No, no TN is a wonderful conservative who is simply wrong.
She has supported our troops and our president in the things he should have been supported in and worked to end illegal immigration.
Every time I look at Romney I think he’d look good in prison stripes
Sounding like Kerry... did I mention I was in Vietnam?
Truely said.
I gotta give you credit for hanging in there against the MCCain haters. Its like a sick mantra around here, some of these people would rather see the witch from Chappaqua win and then surrender in the war than vote for the guy who isnt perfect but will go after the Islamo-fascists.
This place is becomming dysfunctional.
McCain’s cutzie about people losing their jobs under Romney nose dived on the CNN charting.
[McCain needs a new joke writer. Maybe he can get John Kerry to help him write some jokes.]
Me too. Just wait, pretty soon he's going to start accusing Romney of stealing that key...
And he got little, if any applause. Are there any Republicans in the audience? He is not my favorite, but I do applaud his military service even if his overall record was not sterling. He served and went through years of hell as a POW. That get my salute!
That was an incredibly disgusting post. Unnecessary and entirely beneath a FReeper.
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