[Bikkuri]

It actually was better to have the debate without the interruptive Ra Ra Pep Rally each time a candidate responded to a question.

The debate is to elicit candidate responses, not elicit populist hoopla from the audience.

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Gingrich complaining about the debate format is reminiscent of Gingrich complaining about setting at the back of AF1 when Clinton was president:

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Conservatives are trying to sell the 'angry Newt.' While it may be cutzie now for the Newtbots, it won't be in the general election.

Well, the only complainers are the ones whose candidate didn't get positive reactions from the previous debate.. Even Paul got some positive feedback from that one.

When the audience reacts, as it did in the previous one, it tells the viewers, and especially the candidates up on stage, WHAT the issues are and WHAT the public feels and HOW they think.

Anyone that says it is a waste, is going in with both eyes (and ears) shut.

[manc]

funny how those who do not want Newt are using this to attack him and then state the crowd needs to shut up.

They don’t want the crowd saying anything because they know that the crowd can influence the outcome of the debate and Newt gets much more positives than the RINO up there.

This was done by NBC to protect Williams and so the crowd would nto boo any stupid questions and secondly it was done to silence conservatives and protect the RINO

This morning they had establishment Romney the RINO saying about immigration and you could hear the crowd for half a second laughing at his pathetic stupid response.
Course we only heard half a second because FOX cuts it off quick.

I knew someone there and they said the crowd was much more for Newt and Romney was laughed at several times and groaned at