I'm through about 25 minutes of the Republican debate (with the NFL on picture in picture). I plan watching both this one and the Democratic one immediately following it.
All I'd like to point out now is that this format is the best I've seen this election. The candidates are sitting around a semi-circular table and there are no time limits. The moderator (Charles Gibson) brings up big themes, and calls on these guys to discuss their ideas. Best of all is that they have plenty of time to go after each other. Gibson is keeping it civil, generally though. He's done a nice job.
OK, I don't want to get into anything these guys have said yet, but Huckabee is lying AGAIN. I'd read earlier today that as soon as he hit New Hampshire yesterday he completely changed his stump speech to being for freedom and small government. That's a 180 from what he talking about in Iowa. Well, he now just said that one of his principles is that people should be able to live their lives without the government bothering them. This is the same guy who wants a nationwide indoor smoking ban! It's appalling. Does he believe in anything?
One more thing...I understand that Ron Paul is here because he polls around 7 or 8 percent in New Hampshire. Fine, but he has no chance of winning the nomination. His main role here is to poison the atmosphere for everyone else on stage with his nutjob foreign policy views. He really shouldn't be here, and I'm glad Fox News is excluding him from their debate tomorrow. He's really nuts, but Fred just mocked him! Excellent.
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