Republican Debate Thread -- Tuesday, June 5, 2007 -- 7:00 pm EDT

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Lets go Ron Paul! I'm sure he will have a lot more support in NH than he did at the Fox News debate in SC.

Open question that is a bit related to tonight's debate: how many anti-war Republicans does everyone think there are?

I ask cause I know quite a few anti-war Republicans and am wondering if anyone else sees that in their everyday life. I also wonder how many Republican primary voters will vote based on the war, cause if they did and they are against it, Paul is the only person they have to vote for.

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Prediction:  Romney continues to look like the only competent candidate in the entire field.

Looks like your prediction was off. He blew the first question. I guess he turned half anti-war since he is in NH.

Next week's poll question: How many Americans know what a non sequiter is?

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Are some of the candidates now anti-war?

Tancredo is against the surge but hopes it works.

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That was hilarious. God was angry with Rudy's answer.

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Whenever they do that side shot of Paul, it always looks like Gilmore is looking at him condescendingly. Innocent I'm sure, it's just how it looks.

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That is a ballsy statement from Tancredo.

We can raise the number of Republican candidates for President that are willing to very openly criticize George W. Bush (instead of just policies) from 1 to 2.

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That is a ballsy statement from Tancredo.

Tancredo is a lot like Gravel... all he has are ballsy statements.  He needs to grab a headline.

It's better than just going meekly into the wind.

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That is a ballsy statement from Tancredo.

Tancredo is a lot like Gravel... all he has are ballsy statements.  He needs to grab a headline.

It's better than just going meekly into the wind.

Well, if you want ballsy, Rudy just tackled it headon.

voters could care less about I. Lewis Libby I think

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Come on Rudy... pull a Bill Clinton... please

Dodge the question as everyone admires his footwork?

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Come on Rudy... pull a Bill Clinton... please

Dodge the question as everyone admires his footwork?

Well, he acctually did something even better, he provided substance.

Rudy's answer on all Iraq questions? 9/11!

Rudy acctually said the right thing.  We aren't safer now, but success will make us safer and failure will not.

A $15000 tax credit for every person is substance?

300,000,000 people * $15,000 = 4,500,000,000,000 or $4.5 trillion


I call bulls***.

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Brownback stated his position on the nomination.

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Romney went from a question on why he does ads in Spanish to us selling technology to Europe.

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Romney is so disingenuous that he makes Clinton, Edwards and Obama look like straight shooters.

We heard you for the 33rd time.

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Hunter's swinging.

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Paul I think got all of one audience question.

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Thought I'd pass along. From politico.com blog:

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Winners:
John McCain
Rudy Giuliani
Mike Huckabee
Jim Gilmore
Sam Brownback

Losers:
Tom Tancredo
Duncan Hunter
Ron Paul
Tommy Thompson
Mitt Romney

Can't remember anything Gilmore said.

Brownback I think hurt himself by backing off his comment on Republicans should only nominate a pro-lifer. He should've just gone full hog and said he wouldn't support Giuliani, or at least state that Giuliani doesn't have a chance of winning. He sounded like an instantaneous flip-flopper.

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Well, I missed the whole debate, but I've read most of your comments so far.  I'll try to catch it online tomorrow.

It'll be replayed at midnight.

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Just found this. This is good. It's the Fox News Republican Debate in 44 seconds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKtuXmorlSY

Here's the first Republican debate in 32 seconds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liXVWd4JvCs&NR=1