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.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

I don't want to see John taken down, if Mitt can't win.

Ah, but he will be taken down. Better now than in October, no?

[mylife]

I understand. But McCain doest seem stable.

[Minn. 4 Bush]

“Romney can’t beat the Hildabeast or the closet muslim. McCain can.”

If your looking at a presidential poll today and thinking it’s gonna look like that Nov of 08, you haven’t been around very long.

[La Enchiladita]

I don’t know... do you?

[SoldierDad]

Now, I wonder which “candidate” you are pulling for? Oh, that’s right. It’s the one who should have dropped out months ago.

[khnyny]

I’m sorry, but if Romney doesn’t get the GOP nomination, we have only a stupid electorate to blame.

[nckerr]

I want to see Huckabee get a fair chance to talk in this debate. This shows the bias in CNN that McAmnesty gets as much time as he wants.

[Romneyfor President2008]

McCain is SLIME. Everyone there knows it. If you can’t get applause in Southern California, it says a whole lot.

[eyedigress]

he is setting up a possible vp with romney?

[exit82]

Everytime I hear Huckster, I hear John Edwards......

[rintense]

URL for?

[Choose Ye This Day]

Huckabee doing well talking about executive experience.

[Def Conservative]

Exactly.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Tired of the bickering and nastiness on the thread.

I think I'll go to bed.

Instead.

[TomGuy]

Nannystater Huckabee wants parents to be able to raise their kids without a whole lot of government involvement.

[prairiebreeze]

CNN instant reaction grapph.

Gotta wonder how much credibility that really has.

I'm just sayin'...

[Radix]

Romney was not a failure as Governor here in Massachusetts, au contraire. You can drink the media Kool-Aid as you please.

Reagan was a Governor too by the way. Insipid post.

[Tennessee Nana]

But he wants one

[keepitreal]

Huckabee: Invisible people. That was a Hillary line!

[Reagan Man]

Don’t lie. You were attacking Reagan to make Romney the liberal look better, moron.