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.

[Cedric]

First Round: Romney on points.

[Bender2]

Re: However, there is enough anger at both the existing major parties that a third party candidate may have a chance of launching a viable third party challenge. If the two candidates are Sen’s Clinton and McCain, their similarities will work against them.

A viable “conservative” third party would give the GOP some badly needed competition and would be a pretty nice consolation prize for this lemon of an election.

Sorry, but this song has been played way too many times for me from Strom Thurmond's Dixiecrats to George Wallace's American Independent Party just to name two during my lifetime.

The last 3rd party to work was the Republicans in 1856. We need to get us Conservatives back in control of it, but electing Billary or Obama and giving them 4 years to allow us to be nuked is not the right path to my way of thinking!

[whatisthetruth]

Can someone give me a brief heads-up on what this strawberries deal with McCain is all about?

[Petronski]

He’ll order that plane be searched high and low for the spare key to the food locker, which he can prove by geometric logic was made by some chow hound.

[B Knotts]

It's too late for him to go on the ballots and get signatures.

That's not correct. Perot started his first run in late February.

[padre35]

Huck had a great one liner:

I wish Rush loved me as much as I love Rush...

[TomGuy]

Huckabee is giving a load of crap. I’ve bought auto tags in Arkansas in the 70s and 00s. It never took DAYS to get them.

[jdm]

I am definitely better off than eight years ago. Being married to Cyborg is a fabulous dream come true.

You know the rule about copying folks you talk about. :) Besides, that was such a nice thing to say.

[South40]

If Paul wasnt a kook I’d vote for him.

Ditto.

But he is.

[CounterCounterCulture]

Ron Paul got skipped that round.

[Cinnamon Girl]

I had to switch browsers for it to work. Thanks for all your help, though.

[khnyny]

Romney correcting McCain is a beautiful thing.

MR is annihilating McPain.

[fkabuckeyesrule]

No Cheney was talking about the FISA Law. It was due to expire this week and congress extended by a couple of weeks.

[exit82]

McCain going to CPAC—what’s that-like his first time ever?

[McGruff]

Romney: Facts are stuborn things.

[Fudd Fan]

Rent the movie “The Caine Mutiny.” All questions will be answered.

[ncpatriot]

Wow...that’s a nice thing to say.

[littlehouse36]

It’s on the home page, three boxes on the right and it’s the first.

[Hoodat]

I just prayed for America, that the government be upon His shoulders, that He would raise up a President that is pleasing to Him, that this nation would be a shining light, that His righteousness would be the norm.

[humblegunner]

Still cannot believe we are down to Mac & Mitt this quick.

I know, it's disheartening.

An illegal lover versus a flip-flopping scientologist.

What wonderful choices.