[Sola Veritas]

I didn’t watch the debate. I’m leaning towards Fred, but I’m not committed to anything yet except that I strongly oppose Guiliani and to a lesser degree Romney.

That being said, how can you claim Fred won when in another post to FR the following is quoted:

“The Fox News Republican Presidential debate in Orlando Florida revealed that the GOP nomination is still up for grabs. According to Fox News Viewers text voting after the debate, Ron Paul won with 34%, Huckabee came in second with 27%, and Giuliani third with 11%.”

Also, based upon the write up posted on the FOX website, it appears to me that Huckabee was the most “adult” acting person of the group. They quote him:

Mike Huckabee rejected the catfight, noting that he’s content to let the other candidates fight it out. “Shed each other’s blood and then I’ll be ready to run for president because I’m not interested in fighting these guys. What I’m interested in is fighting for the American people, and I think they’re looking for a presidential candidate who’s not so interested in a demolition derby against the other people in his own party,” Huckabee said.

Again they quote him on Mrs. Clinton:

But Huckabee didn’t take so lightly the challenge posed by Clinton.

“You know, it’s interesting, the most, I guess, wonderful reaction we’ve had in this entire room is when Hillary’s name is mentioned. It gets louder than an Aerosmith concert. But I want to say this — you’ve asked: What’s the difference? No matter which one of us is on this stage — and, look, I like to be funny, let me be real honest with you. There’s nothing funny about Hillary being president,” he said.

Just based upon this information, it looks like Huckabee came out looking the best. It will be interesting if he shows a bump in the polls.

At least FOX didn’t say anything bad about Senator Thompson. It did make it look like he zapped Rudy and Mitt. Which I find a nice thing.

[2ndDivisionVet]

This Mike Huckabee? http://www.hyscience.com/archives/2005/01/arkansas_govern.php

http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/05/huckabee_some_c.html

The one who calls anti-amnesty proponents “racists?” No thanks!

[ravingnutter]

That being said, how can you claim Fred won when in another post to FR the following is quoted: “The Fox News Republican Presidential debate in Orlando Florida revealed that the GOP nomination is still up for grabs. According to Fox News Viewers text voting after the debate, Ron Paul won with 34%, Huckabee came in second with 27%, and Giuliani third with 11%.”

Because those call-in type polls are not accurate and one person can vote many times. Paul supporters are notorious for spamming polls.

[WOSG]

Great, except Huckabee is less of a conservative than Romney is.

[riverdawg]

A poll that uses text-message balloting in 2007 is analogous to using a telephone poll in 1932 (which poll, by the way, predicted Hoover would beat Roosevelt decisively). Focus groups aren’t much better, but even the guy (Luntz?) running Fox’s focus group said that the text-message results were whack.