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.

[LordBridey]

Should have kept his mouth shut on that one.

That was pure kneejerk Panderville.

[Dagnabitt]

McCain graduated 5th from the bottom of his class at Annapolis.

When stupid becomes stupid and senile, it ain't pretty.

[End Times Crusader]

How much did TehRon get in Florida. What, 3%? That’s one tenth of McCain’s vote.

[AmericanVictory]

What do you understand those details to be? We’re trying to track them and see if they improve over the conventional wisdom he started with.

[Reagan Man]

>>>>>Romney was not a failure as Governor here in Massachusetts, au contraire.

Yeah right, LOL. Ted Kennedy and John Kerry would agree with you. RomneyCare was a great liberal program.

[primatreat]

Me to. He had short socks on. A real sign of of a leader....ya crap.

[peggybac]

Several folks changed their picks to Huck.

[RDTF]

“Bill Bennett is a tool.”

I’ve seen you post that before. I don’t agree.

[rintense]

No Major Garrett, McCain is counting on conservatives to vote for him if Hillary is the nom. He’s wrong.

[khnyny]

He was particularly inept on that point, like we’ll be rescued by a partnership between big government and GE. That’s the Synfuels idea. It works so well and so many make so much subsidizing the problem instead of solving it.

I agree.

[Red_Devil 232]

McCain proved how much of a weasel he really is tonight!

[Hoodat]

A vote for McCain is moot - BECAUSE HE'LL LOSE TO HILLARY ANYWAY!!!

You got that right. You ought to see how they are making fun of him over at DummieUnderground.

[Red Steel]

CNN panel slamming Romney and defending McCain.

Thier reasoning?




I'd want McCain too if I was a Dem.

[txlurker]

McCain now referencing Harry Reid during his timetables response. McCain disgusts me.

Ditto that...and his arrogance will be his undoing.

[jaycee]

What if Romney could win and choose Huckabee as a running mate? Just a thought!

John McCain....Johnny One-Note.

Senator McCain, how would you run the economy in this country?

McCain would answer, I was a POW for many years and have served my country all of my life, yada, yada, yada....Nothing about the economy! Like I say Johnny One-Note for sure!

[SomeCallMeTim]

CNN panel slamming Romney and defending McCain.

Yea.. It's as if they saw a DIFFERENT debate... I thought McCain looked AWFUL! I'd say, he was FOURTH, behind Ron Paul tonight...

Romney is clearly our best candidate.. and, Huckaby, is at least cogent, and articulate... McCain is neither.

[callisto]

You missed one...

A vote for McCain is a vote for...No tax cuts!

[devolve]

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Thanks potlatch

It was busy getting those tonight!

[khnyny]

I switched back to CNN - it’s more interesting.

[AmericanVictory]

It is very irritating to see it touted as entrepreneurship. It seems to us to distract from enabling entrepreneurship.