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.

[Petronski]

Maybe I should actually finish it first. ;O)

[rodeo-mamma]

“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.”

It’s because he is a poltical hack. He is used to getting his way just because he is high up in the chain of command. Probably very few politicians are able to successfully stand up to him because of his position in the chain of command in the Senate. So that explains why the guy is an a-hole. Power corrupts. John McCain has had power too long in the Senate, therefor, he is unfit for the office of the Presidency. We don’t need an a-hole in the office, we need a real man.