Live Thread: Republican Presidential Debate in Jacksonville, FL on CNN 8 P.M. EST

Thursday, January 26, 2012 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

Hosted by Wolf Blitzer at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. Candidates: Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul.

Word is the audience will be "allowed" to participate.

Livestream here.

[kjam22]

There was an oops for Romney....

[mylife]

Santorum did well.
He gets national defense

Mitts acting like a tattle tale.

[Shelayne]

ROMNEY IS BUSTED!!!!!

[Red Steel]

Oh, Fact-checked the political ad. Mittens bombs!

[sissyjane]

Romney is making me think the F word. even if I can’t post it.

[Salvation]

This is good. Attacking Obama and not Newt. My prediction is that Santorum will hand it over to Gingrich tonight and drop out of the rece. (Which I regret, but attacking Obama is a good sign.)

[TexasFreeper2009]

Neat little trick mitt learns to ask the others the question he wants asked

[Fawn]

Why is malkin mentions in your post?

[MaxMax]

When Ron Paul reads Far Side, he can relate.

[KJC1]

Ooooh....Romney just got busted on the Spanish “ghetto” language ad!!!

I’m amazed that Blitzer pulled it out!

[show]

Newt received the loudest applause during that exchange, TWICE. Romney had rehearsed to start talking over Newt’s applause, but was shut down and had to wait.

You can tell Romney has rehearsed to stop Newt’s applause, but it isn’t working.

Sorry Mitt, you lose again. WHy, because you are so FAKE, PRACTICED and a LIAR.

[Right_in_Virginia]

I missed the Mitt slap down. What was it?

[onyx]

MITT IT *IS* YOUR AD!!!

[freemarketsfreeminds]

smack. balls to blitzer for saying that

[Vendome]

NoooooOOOO?

But he “Im Mitt Romney and I approve this ad” sight unseen or unheard.

[katiedidit1]

Trying to set Newt UP on the ghetto ad. Romney is one sob and here we go on Newt with Freddie and Fannie..

[AmericanInTokyo]

I am not watching but just listening. It is allowing me to really focus on what these guys are SAYING.

Oh, what a debacle.

On this immigration, this is the dilemma.

The position taken by Newt in some aspects is warmed over George Bush compassionate conservative and horrid. We don't need any more Juan McCain as he puts forward.

On the other hand, intellectually, Romney has a better position. The problem is, he is an outright liar and talking out of both side of his a**. He does not believe those talking points at all, it is all a show, and he would revert to the Gingrich position were he to be sworn in.

The only one who made sense to me was Santorum. His was spot on, and he did not bring up any of these straw man "91 year old grandmother round up." But just got to the point about legal vs. illegal immigration, and that illegal immigration necessarily brings with it a host of breaking other laws.

Ron Paul was an idiot on this issue.

Santorum sounds excellent and in command by audio only, very forceful, eloquent, impassioned and full of facts. I think Santorum is winning it so far, IMHO.

[pulaskibush]

And because Romney would buy more ads. Santorum won Iowa spending almost 1/10 of what Romney spent.

[AFPhys]

I have to congratulate CNN - saying Mitt’s ad did mistreat Newt, basically.... Mitt looked like the cat that swallowed the canary at the end of that brief exchange.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Gingrich has this in the bag.

I hope so. He looks drained. I don't blame him. Few could withstand today's withering attack.

Romney seems to be "on." He must enjoy destroying people.

[Lady Lucky]

Heh. Blitzer just landed one on Romney, said the ad against Gingrich was approved by Romney. Wouldn’t let Romney follow up.

[The Cajun]

Wolfie just kicked Mittens in the privates about his add, LOLOLOLO!

[Reagan69]

NONE of them are any good on illegal immigration. They’re all lying. They won’t do anything.

[riri]

Yeah, like all RINOs — he’s Mr. Big Balls when he’s up against a conservative. Mr. Meek when there is a communist around.

[Thane_Banquo]

Romney got bitch-slapped! Ouch!

[Leep]

Don’t worry folks they are only taking a brief break but they will get back to the imigration argument.

[FastCoyote]

[Newt is selling the southwest to illegal aliens.]

Vegas where I live is overwhelmed with illegals. But I think Newt has a practical approach, about the best you will get in the real world.
Romney just got outed on a bad commercial.

[KansasGirl]

Romney doesn’t answer the question but attacks Newt instead! Blames Newt for the housing crisis! I hope Newt points out his lobbyists!

[Biblebelter]

Romney set himself up to get slammed.

[CynicalBear]

I smell ozone.

[Fresh Wind]

The best candidate run out of the race. I sure hope those who joined that lynch mob are happy tonight.

You mean all those people who voted for Romney, Santorum, Gingrich, and Paul? Yeah, that's a lynch mob all right.

[Jet Jaguar]

Well put.

[JediJones]

Nice BLITZkrieg on Mittney...

[Red Steel]

Romney smackdown by Blitzer!!! Ad approved by Mittens.

Pooooooor Romney CNN did him in. LoL. He gets caught BS'ing on live debate tv.

[MissMagnolia]

Motor Mouth Romney - awful.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Romney dead in the water on that ad. Again, I am only listening. I can hear that trademark gasping for air when he gets cornered.

[Vision]

Folks, we're going to go through 20 debates and not one question on global warming. How's that for a conspiracy?

[freemarketsfreeminds]

Yeah! Freddie says FU Mitt!

[AFPhys]

SMACK about Freddie & Fannie against Romney

[TexasFreeper2009]

Pow!

[kjam22]

OOOOOOO there you go Newt

[ez]

Ouch babe Newt goes thermonuclear.

[Shortstop7]

I agree.... Newt doesn’t look engaged tonight. Today must have been mind boggling for him.

I think he’s being a tad too nice to Mitt.

[Vendome]

NO!

Not the Stare!

AhWWWWW!

[Sarah Barracuda]

Romney just got his ass served to him..that was nice to see..and by Wolf of all people LOL..I think Mittens just pooped himself

[onyx]

CNN stacked this debate with Romney drones..the fix was in from the start. I heard today how Romney sent a few of his goons to Gingrich rally’s to smear him..how pathetic is THAT..Romney behaves like a 5 year old, I mean really, resorting to those kind of tactics is beyond pathetic

YET, Romney refuses to even call Obama "a socialist."

[Right_in_Virginia]

Mitt: I didn’t make the investments.

Mitt’s slamming Newt tonight. Not happy.

[TSgt]

No! No! No! No!

It was a blind trust!

See, he has so much money he doesn’t know where it’s all at!

[onyx]

CNN stacked this debate with Romney drones..the fix was in from the start. I heard today how Romney sent a few of his goons to Gingrich rally’s to smear him..how pathetic is THAT..Romney behaves like a 5 year old, I mean really, resorting to those kind of tactics is beyond pathetic

YET, Romney refuses to even call Obama "a socialist."

[rogue yam]

Paul forgot he’s in Florida. He said we should have free trade with Cuba, and I think only three people clapped. Ron Paul is a nut job.

Give crazy Uncle Ron credit. His message is the same irrespective of what audience he is in front of.