Live Thread: South Carolina GOP Presidential Debate on CNN 8 P.M. EST

Thursday, January 19, 2011 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

And then there were three and a half minds left campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination: Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul.

Link to CNN livestream page.

Hosted by CNN's John King at the North Charleston Coliseum.

[jwalsh07]

Do you think Newt can credibly question Romneys conversion on life issues when Newt continuously has to remind folks of his conversion to non philanderer?

[af_vet_rr]

Santorum gets on my nerves for some reason.

Santorum is pulling a Bachmann and going after the non-Romney candidates too much. Romney is enemy #1 and Obama is enemy #2.

Santorum, and Bachmann previously, when they attack the non-Romney candidates, they force the non-Romney candidates to respond, which takes away time that could be spent going after Romney or Obama.

[angelcindy]

Willard is lying!!!!

[Danae]

Tactically smart.

[dfwgator]

This is pretty much how the debate will go:

Obama: Blah blah blah blah blah......

Romney: I pretty much agree with what President Obama said.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Romney’s ship just sailed on abortion. He admitted that he didn’t care about the abortion stances of judges his appointed.

Yup. An insight into his heart there.

[patriotUSA]

Performance tonight:

1. Newt

2. Paul

3. Santorum

4. Romney

[onyx]

You’re right = that creepy smirk or smile!

[AFPhys]

LOL - intentional or not, RPaul is really being ignored by the moderator.

[moehoward]

AND preceding it by saying “now is not the time to be questioning his credibility. Mitt who preps you!

[Revolting cat!]

I heard your answer 30 years ago, and all the time since. The issue is dead, I meant, as a debate topic - no one is saying anything new, nothing has been done, let’s see something done.

[katiedidit1]

jwalsh, put a sock in it! it’s OLD news.

[angelcindy]

The only one thats desperate is the dems!!!

[MissMagnolia]

Romney says his record is ‘solid’ .... I’ve read his record and until the time he decided to run for Prez as a Republican, it was solidly pro-abort.

[skinkinthegrass]

Where's ruPAUL?
He's disappeared....
OH! there he is! :)

[newzjunkey]

Santorum is an establishment, neocon interventional, a statist who wraps his love of big gov't (Medicare Part D vote, SOPA/PIPA tonight, etc.) in "family values" and persistent petulant whining.

He's W without the personal charm or executive experience.

[pulaskibush]

Attrition and Enforcement. Cut welfare, allow the police to enforce federal law, English Only, and do as many deportations as done under Operation Wetback for a few years. I don’t trust some local draft board in San Francisco to give legal status to the “good” illegal aliens before they come to my town.

[ReneeLynn]

Ron Paul- “I’m a doctor!” It’s getting very “I’m John Kerry. I was in Vietnam!”.

[RitaOK]

Sorry, but FOX said Santorum was polling FOURTH in South Carolina today. Possibly behind Ron Paul. I think he suspends by Monday.

[bigbob]

it’s a hollow argument because Romney is the one that put the state of Mass. in the healthcare business in the first place.