Live Thread: Republican Presidential Debate in Jacksonville, FL on CNN 8 P.M. EST

Thursday, January 26, 2012 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

Hosted by Wolf Blitzer at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. Candidates: Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul.

Word is the audience will be "allowed" to participate.

Livestream here.

[mylife]

I heard he was considering this guy for VP...

[onyx]

Everyone prattles on about their wives, both looking for sympathy and adulation, but only Newt complimented all the wives.

[bigbob]

Thank you Rick for that long-winded answer, it killed a minute that otherwise would have been filled with Willards bloviating.

[Reagan69]

HERE IT COMES

[Jane Long]

Romney just underestimated Rick and Romney got angry and got clobbered.

Romeny got RickRolled :^)

[Leep]

Wolfie trying to start it up again.

[MissMagnolia]

Chastising Santorum for being angry over the one issue that, next to the staggering debt, is something a majority of Americans are livid about .... Obamacare. He’s going to be hurt by that remark.

[PMAS]

I won’t even watch Coulter anymore, I change the station when she comes on. I find it amazing how so many so-called conservatives are abandoning their principles for Romney.

[Biblebelter]

Romney tells the truth that he cannot claim the Reagan mantle.

[KJC1]

Oh brother, here come the Reagan questions, of course Blitzer knows this will likely incite a bloodbath.

[Vision]

Ok, back to the debate personal attacks.

[AllAmericanGirl44]

Is it wrong of me to state that I don’t give a care about the wives?? Honestly, what a waste of my time!

and now...back to beating on Newt - genius move CNN, your true colors shine through.

I say Mitt looks and sounds like the fraud he is.

[writer33]

Yeah, they all could’ve skipped the wife question. I’m sure they’re all wonderful women, but we’re not voting for their wives. We concede they would all be better than the current FLOTUS.

[show]

Newt is winning this debate and understands all aspects of the Florida electorate.

Go Newt!

[bray]

Mitt, if your name wasn’t George Romney Jr you wouldn’t be there so save the bootstraps speech.

[KansasGirl]

Shutup Mitt! You dissed Reagan and didn’t vote for him either!

[kabar]

LOL. I was thinking the same thing, especially when he talked about all three wives making good first ladies. I thought he was going to rank his three wives.

[JediJones]

Santorum...master of the inconsistent debate performances.

[luvie]

“Is the fix in?”...DUH! Has been for 6 years!!

I’d like to see him beat...again...just for that reason if for no other!

[kjam22]

He goes from no I’m not Regan, but I worked at the olympics.. did you know that????? huh????