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.

[End Times Crusader]

Freepers are sensible people and will eventually realize that John McCain is our best choice to beat Hillary in November. On the other hand, they will never support your boy TehRon.

[AGreatPer]

Another dumb a$$ question. Would Ronald Regan endorse you?

CNN sucks.

[TornadoAlley3]

[joebuck]

Does anyone really think Romney would push a marriage amendment if he got in office? Dream on.

[txlurker]

Debate winding down...Romney talking about being an outsider. Drilling in ANWR...no to McCain Feingold...slam!

[peggybac]

If Thompson were in the debate, he’d chew up McCain and spit him out.

[COBOL2Java]

Huckabee scores with leadership answer.

He did a good job. I think he inadvertently helped Romney tho...

[txhurl]

You’ve gone around the bend, friend.

[Biggirl]

RuPaul looks lost, Huck seems bored, John tired and hagard, and Mitt looks like he is pulling the punches.

[AliVeritas]

I have to listen to Medved... I heard he’s gone off on those who dislike Mc.

[RDTF]

He’s not the only one. And it got deleted.

[Fresh Wind]

Who cares if McVain is stable?

It’s his turn to be president.

Let him be. < /sarcasm >

[catfish1957]

D___ Right!!!!

How can Romney claim anything with Reagan. He's A RINO ...no ifs , ands or buts.

[CASchack]

Romney did well on the Reagan question.

[Shortstop7]

I don’t. I think he could lose it at any give time.

[SoldierDad]

I can think of nothing more horrible than the American Hermann Goring winning the GOP nod. Yeeech

I can - Hitlery; Obama; or R-U-N Paul.

[Reagan Man]

>>>>>Reagan was no Reagan.

WOW!

[jveritas]

To McCain advisers: In the next debate, tell him to stop smirking, and tell him to stop playing with this stupid pen, those are very annoying gestures.

Also, McCain has lost this debate so badly that he put a lot of risk on his chances of being the nominee, in a matter of 1.5 hour debate he almost destroyed the certainty that he was going to be the nominee.

[jwalsh07]

Ronald Reagan would endorse me but I'd have to decline due to a misspent youth.

Next.

[spectre]

McCain needs a serious mental evaluation..

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