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.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Romney asked question about McCain.
Talking about McCain’s legislation....
Against ANWR,Bush tax cuts, McCain Feingold, McCain Kennedy-McCain Lieberman....
Romney explaining where McCain was not conservative.
Team Romney have been reading the blogs. Romney is hitting McCain on the big 3 —
McCain-Kennedy
Mccain-Feingold
McCain-Lieberman
ANWAR
Tax cuts
McCain Feingold / Feingold
McCain/Leiberman
NT Times.
Give Mitt a big ceegar!!
I was better off, that is until McCain won the Florida primary.
“The GOP is the only viable vehicle for conservatives.”
If the GOP actually started running more conservatives in the general elections, I’d be inclined to agree with you. The GOP is a political party for merchants. Conservatives no longer need apply.
I cant believe we have been reduced to this
McCain had skin cancer surgery on his cheek—so his face is a little lopsided.
I had the same and my nose is now a little off.Makes me look ruggedly handsome—like a Prussian dueling scar.
Romney pushed McCain’s buttons and McCain spewed his first “my friends”. LOL
The Arizona Retarded? Good grief McCain
I’m sorry to feel compelled to say this, but tonights debate will seem like a Hillary vs Gore debate to me. I am embarassed to be a part of a party that couldn’t do better than this.I'm late to the game today, but I have always liked FR because it's a Conservative site that hosts many differing views. DoughtyOne, you are entitled to express your opinion and share your perspectives as much as the rest of us! Hopefully we can all grow to expand our visions of how grand this nation was and how we can make it be so once again! Thank you, All, for your opinions!!
This is NOT a Republican site!!
I haven’t even seen you guys together, and I can sense that you make a great couple!
With his LEFT hand.
:^0
FRink!!
McCain is coming across looking like an ass.
Man, McCain is so hard to take. He doesn’t even look like a real person.
He hates being challenged too. He hates it worse than Hillary.
McCain is running a dead in your face populist campaign.
He just proved he disdains conservatives
There's a guy directly to his left that is responsible for adding more of that runaway spending than any other congressman from the congressman's state, maybe someone will call him on it.
His slow pace sounds almost as condescending as Algore’s.
No I take that back. It sounds just as damn condescending.
He’s talking like we are all stupid.
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