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Posted on 10/22/2007 3:55:48 AM PDT by Reaganesque
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National Review's Jim Geraghty: "One of [Romney's] strongest performances..." (Jim Geraghty, "Everybody Was Good," National Review's Campaign Spot, http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/, Posted 10/21/07)
National Review's Kathryn Jean Lopez: "Romney comes off as a real optimistic problem-solver – with some experience at it." (Kathryn Jean Lopez, "Democrats Also Love America," National Review's The Corner, http://corner.nationalreview.com/, Posted 10/21/07)
Power Line Blog's Paul Mirengoff: "Romney was solid, as he generally is ... Near the end of the debate, he finally launched into an attack on the Clinton administration's 'vacation from history' foreign policy ('we got the dividend but not the peace'). Attacks like that are guaranteed winners in these kinds of debates, and Romney needs to make them at every opportunity." (Paul Mirengoff, "A Sleeping Giant Wakes Up," Power Line Blog, http://www.powerlineblog.com/, Posted 10/21/07)
- Geraghty: "[Romney had] great jabs at Hillary, and seemed to feed off the crowd's energy." (Jim Geraghty, "Everybody Was Good," National Review's Campaign Spot, http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com, Posted 10/21/07)
- Geraghty: "Mitt leads the raucous crowd in rejecting Hillary as a potential commander-in-chief." (Jim Geraghty, "How Do I Give You The Highlights?" National Review's Campaign Spot, http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/, Posted 10/21/07)
NBC's Chuck Todd: Romney was "red hot." (Chuck Todd, "Quick Post-Debate Thoughts," MSNBC's First Read, http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/, Posted 10/21/07)
The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder: "As the Republicans debated who is more conservative tonight, two voices stood out: Mitt Romney's and Rudy Giuliani's." (Marc Ambinder, "The Republican Debate: First Take," The Atlantic Blog, http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/, Posted 10/21/07)
The American Spectator's Jennifer Rubin: "On marriage Romney gives a strong statement in favor of amendment." (Jennifer Rubin, "Debate 2," The American Spectator Blog, http://www.spectator.org/, Posted 10/21/07)
- Right Wing News' John Hawkins: "Mitt is right about gay marriage. Activist judges are deliberately distorting the law to implement gay marriage..." (John Hawkins, "Debate Liveblogging," Right Wing News, http://www.rightwingnews.com/, Posted 10/21/07)
- Geraghty: "[Romney] makes a strong case on [gay marriage], citing the Massachusetts and Iowa state constitutions." (Jim Geraghty, "After The Opening Brawl Among the Top Tier...," National Review's Campaign Spot, http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/, Posted 10/21/07)
The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder: "[Romney's] best moment may have been when he said that an insurmountable problem like the health care crisis can, indeed, be solved. It wasn't just a candidate saying he was optimistic; he showed how optimism, will and plod can be potent problem-solving forces." (Marc Ambinder, "The Republican Debate: First Take," The Atlantic Blog, http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/, Posted 10/21/07)
- The American Spectator's John Tabin: "He had a target on his back during the health care section, and ably defended himself." (John Tabin, "Candidate Scorecard," The American Spectator Blog, http://www.spectator.org/, Posted 10/21/07)
- Ambinder: "Say what you will about the guy: [Romney] expended political capital, he worked hard, and he did something meaningful to reform the health care system in his state. Very few candidates on either side can say that." (Marc Ambinder, "It Took Romney Long Enough..." The Atlantic Blog, http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/, Posted 10/21/07)
- Ambinder: "But it stands out as an prime example -- perhaps the ultimate example -- of conservative governance. Romney worked hard at health care in Massachusetts; he worked with Democrats; he worked with Republicans; he wound up with a novel program that, while not perfect and not transferable to other states, stands out as a real accomplishment. Romney calls himself an executive and a manager; with health care, he executed and managed in real time." (Marc Ambinder, "The Republican Debate: First Take," The Atlantic Blog, http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/, Posted 10/21/07)
The rats will nail him with the title FLIP-FLOPPER.Fair or not.
The pubbies whacked each other, but really whacked the bitch. It was a debate that was fun to watch. The demonRATs don't know how to do humor.
There is no “crisis” in healthcare. It is not an “insurmountable problem” (if it were, it could not be solved). We do not need socialized medicine.
What happened in that debate? I thought it started at 9:00PM, but when I got home at around 9:30, I saw H/C interviewing the candidates.
Did the debate start earlier?
What is the other side of the question? What are the not saying?
I think you were 2 hours late. It started at 7 pm Central time (which is my time zone). That would be 8 Eastern, 6 Mountain and 5 Pacific. After the post debate stuff on Hannity and Colmes, the debate was shown again. By that time I was sound asleep. Sorry you had to miss it.
Too bad for me.
I am certain that I saw on “Fox News Sunday” 9:00, but guess I was mistaken.
It’s fruitless to ask who won, but was there anyone who “stood out”?
(I am expecially curious of Huckabee)
While Huckabee may have a winning debate style, this is about winning the White House with conservative principles. Huckabee opposed legislation that would deny government benefits to illegal aliens. How is that conservative? Also, anyone who insinuates, like Huckabee has done, that those who want the border secure and our immigration laws enforced are racists or bigots is not the kind of conservative our country needs right now. Huckabee Weak on Illegal Immigration (http://dakotavoice.blogspot.com/2007/10/huckabee-weak-on-illegal-immigration.html)
In addition, he offers more of the same in the tax and spend department and will do nothing about changing the current wrong-headed course in Washington.
Mike Huckabee, The Sam's Club Candidate?
About Gov. Huckabee, the Club for Growth, which aims to be a gatekeeper interest group in 2008, is adamant. The group's leaders in Washington do not like him. He's the only person with his own category on the Club's blog. They point out that the state's per capita income is, by some measures, the second lowest among 50 states. They say he raised taxes five times -- a gas tax increase in 1999, the cigarette tax hike, tax increases in '2004, a tax on beer and a tax on nursing homes...He is certainly not a traditional small-government conservative...
http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/08/hmri_mike_hucka.html
While Huckabee may have it right on social issues, he is Hillary-lite on immigration and spending. There are several other conservatives whose platforms align more strongly with all three facets of conservatism -- social, economic and foreign policy combined.
Huckabee just doesn’t have IT to win in the general. He is sincere and articulate, but does not project a presidential persona.
Huckabee believes in the same “compassionate conservatism” as President Bush. All that did was expand a government most conservatives wanted to decrease. We need a candidate, like Romney who, like Reagan, believes in samller government.
I have a three-legged stool for a presidential candidate that determines who will get my vote:
policy
competence
experience
The only candidate that satisfies those three is Mitt Romney!
The thing that I like the most about Mitt is that he not only sees the problems, he envisions the solutions and knows that he can make the solutions a reality.
I think Mitt needs to start hammering on the topic of Social Security. He is the only one so far to verbalize options and a specific strategy. Finances are his strength and he should use it, imo. The others don’t know how to solve the problem and don’t speak much about it.
I thought he did pretty well last night. I was glad to hear him mention that the U.N. is a failed organization. When his South Carolina remarks about the U.N. were posted on FR last week, the responses clearly demonstrated that calling out the UN is like conservative catnip. I’d like to hear him say it loud and often, and go a little further than that we should just withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council. I’d bet large sums of conservative dollars that a plainly spoken “the USA needs to withdraw from the U.N.” would gain him a lot of new voters.
“He’s a phony flipflopper AND he’s full of crap. And he buried the MA state GOP, too, handing the state to the rodents on a silver platter.” — Me, Every single day since he declared for President.
I thought he was good, but then so was Fred and even the liberal came across well. Three way tie IMHO.
“The rats will nail him with the title FLIP-FLOPPER.Fair or not.”
Given what the Republicans did to Kerry in ‘04 how could it not be fair?
Thanks for the post....I missed the debate because of the must see Red Sox game!
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