MTP Republican Debate *** Live Blog ***

[brooklynite]

The knives are out this morning:

Gingrich saying Romney is unelectable, and the only reason he's not a "lifetime politician" because he lost to Ted Kennedy.

Santorum saying Romney "ran away" from his record as Governor by not running for re-election.

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1. Rick Perry criticizing everyone else...

...as big spending Washington insiders.

[justiceischeap]

2. Rick Perry said something true -- the fire was burning before Obama came to Washington. nt

[glowing]

3. And we all know who was burning it at every turn.

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4. Even Huntsman taking a slap at Romney for criticizing his service as Ambassador

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6. ...even gets an applause line...

"This nation has suffered from attitudes like that.

[malaise]

42. That was a great moment n/t

[Tennessee Gal]

47. I liked that response.

I thought Huntsman was the best of the mangy lot. However, I did not know he supports the Ryan plan, which is disastrous.

[glowing]

5. Huntsman talking and not saying anything.

Shoot most of them talk and say nothing.. Just platitudes and idiocy. What a bunch of jokers.

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7. Um, he just said something...

He's e only person to support e Ryan Plan.

[glowing]

12. Yeah, I heard that... I guess he's falling into the TeaParty Trap.

[MoonRiver]

8. These "debates" are becoming incredibly tiresome.

[deminks]

9. Huntsman embraces the Ryan Plan

Calling for entitlement cuts across the board

[glowing]

10. Ryan plan to end Medicare and force Seniors to pay for individual health insurance.

Yeah, its a wonderful plan... Why exactly does my check take that money out every week, if I'm going to have to go gamble with my life when I'm older? Entitlements.. call it what it is, forced extraction for services when we get to a certain age.. we are paying into it. We deserve it back.

Food Stamps.. more Americans are on Food Stamps because these "Reagan Republicans" have harmed the country soooo much.

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11. Santorum: I was in Hollis yesterday, and we had 1200 people there...

I was there as well; 2/3 of the attendees we from out of state, no doubt waiting for the terrain wreck.

[glowing]

13. Wondering if he can get the 3 areas correct? LOL

[KharmaTrain]

14. Debate? This is more a Cat Fight...

Everyone taking shots at everyone. Speaking of shots, I'm tempted to get out a bottle...but I'll take swigs of coffee instead when I hear buzzwords like "Raygun Conservative" (or anything Raygun)...

Fun to see these big egos trying to poke holes into each others balloons. These clowns embarass themselves and their "cause" the more they "debate"...

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15. On spending, Gingrich falls back to the "waste, fraud and abuse" arguments.

"Nobody has to feel pain except the crooks"

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16. And he's the biggest abuser, so he knows where all that waste and fraud and abuse

are exactly.. LOL.

[lindac007]

17. MTP

All I can say as I watch this idiocy is "God Help Us All if one of these guys gets to the WH".

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18. Santorum: throw Seniors off of Medicare

Apparently they can make their own decisions

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19. Romney sucks up to Grover Norquist

We should raise taxes on Americans!

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20. Huntsman tres to wriggle out from his "no" to the 10:1 question...

Punts by talking about eliminating tax loopholes

[KharmaTrain]

21. Huntsman Utters A No-No

"Corporate Welfare"...the first and probably last time I'll hear those words uttered at a rushpublican "debate". Of course no one applauded...

[Enrique]

22. how can they talk about cooperation

without asking Newt about his impeaching Bill Clinton. He's standing right there. Ask him.

[KharmaTrain]

31. That Was More DeLay's Baby...

The "Hammer" was the one who really pushed it through the House...Gingrich was gone after losing seats in the '98 elections and really had little to do with the actual impeachment. Sure, they'll "cooperate"...compromise? That's another story.

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23. Ron Paul blames his weakness I getting things done on everyone else...

Apparently "the American people" supported all 600 bills he introduced that didn't pass.

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24. Ron Paul presses isolationism as a cost saving measure.

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25. Huntsman: build trust with rm limits?

An oldie but a goodie...

[banned from Kos]

26. Why bother to ask a question any more?

they sure as hell don't bother to answer it.

[Saturday]

27. The lady in the front row of the audience is sleeping. nt

[brooklynite]

28. Romney's getting off easy again...

He's been forgotten as everyone else focuses on their own campaign points.

[bigtree]

29. DNC live debate tracker

http://www.democrats.org/news/blog/3802

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30. Moving to local issues...

Should home heating oil subsidies for the poor be increased, decreased or eliminated?

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32. Huntsman offers a cogent answer...

...that probably no Republican understood.

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34. Paul offer an incoherent attack on oil subsidies

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36. Romney panders to the States-rights crowd

Let them provide the social safety net

[Fuzz]

33. I don't like the majority of Huntsman's position, but at least he seems reasonable and intelligent.

[Enrique]

35. wow, asking about LIHEAP

Huntsman dodged it, Paul says indirectly that it should be eliminated.

[Fuzz]

37. Everything to the states, unless it's something that we can't get that way, then Federal big brother

in your personal business.

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38. "I think the Gay Community needs more support in the Republican Party"

Romney's words come back to haunt him.

[napi21]

39. I have to give David Gregory. At least he's asked quite a few pertinent

questionsd in THIS debate, unlike the softballs in the previous ones.

[Fuzz]

40. States rights, but nationalize right to work. Unions are fine, except we gotta get rid of their

'political clout'. Corporations though are people and can spend unlimited money secretly to elect their pawn.

Fuck off.

[Enrique]

41. will one journalist please point out to Newt

that the U.S. exported gasoline last year, for the first time in decades?

[Fuzz]

43. Santorum complaining that Obama has a secular ideology while complaining about Theocracy in Iran?

Go Fuck Yourself.

[spanone]

45. yep, santorum wants an american theocracy while deploring others

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44. Huntsman is a sanctimonious asshole

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

46. He's a Republican.

The thing to keep in mind about Huntsman is only that he's less awful than the others - but he's still awful, and shouldn't come within a country mile of the White House. His support for the Ryan plan is proof enough of that.