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Here were Kelly’s questions, one by one. As the debate went on, her quotient of informational questions to headline-grabbing ones went up. But early on, during the highly anticipated beginning of the first debate of this presidential news cycle, it was a ratings-garnering fireworks show:

Whether or not you agree with the assessment of the Taiwanese Animators that Donald Trump won Thursday's Republican presidential debate in Cleveland, I think we can all agree that their video is quite funny in a vaudvillian sort of way. It  was also quite astounding in that only hours after the debate the video was up and running on YouTube. So watch and enjoy.

In Hillary Clinton’s humid campaign headquarters in Brooklyn, a few dozen campaign staffers gathered after hours to watch the Republican debate. As they readied their rapid response, they tossed around synonyms for their views of their potential Republican opponents. “Backward looking.” “Out of touch.” “Out of date.” Maybe just “Lord have mercy.” [Snip] Clinton didn’t join in. Instead, she held court at a Hollywood fundraiser with Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Usher, Jessica Alba and others. But she’s not leaving the criticism to her staffers, either. In Denver on Tuesday, she seized on the theme by arguing that a Republican forum...

FOX News Republican Presidential Primary Debate - Main Event [LIVE THREAD 5:50pm ET]

If you have ever read this blog, you know I am a politically junkie.  I love politics and watch and read everything about it.  And now with the Presidential election and the "Trump Tornado" streaking across the nation like Superman trying to reverse time, I am being inundated with conservatives calling, texting & emailing me in a lather stricken with the "Trump Fascination Syndrome". And everyone of them asks me in the same enthusiastic whisper, "Hey Mike,  Whatta ya think about Trump?"  And before I am able to muster a coherent response, they immediately follow up with the question,...

Okay, I just saw the list of the GOP presidential candidates. The top 10 at the main debate and the 7 who have to be at the "kiddie table." One unnoticed as yet aspect of this format is that one or more of the Top 10 candidates could be demoted in future polls to the "kiddie table." A very public humiliation. Okay, so who do you think will be the FIRST Top 10 candidate to exit the main debate in the future and be assigned to the "kiddie table?"

John King has joined Juan Williams as Newt Gingrich road kill. They have both been taught a harsh lesson: Newt Gingrich will not play the “gotcha question” game and he will turn such questions into smack downs of those who insist upon asking them. In just over 2 minutes Gingrich took King’s opening question about the charges being made by his former wife and flattened the pride of CNN to the delight of hundreds in a South Carolina auditorium and millions across the country. Newt’s smack down had us banging our fists and saying “Finally! Finally somebody is punching back!”...

Sitting through the Republican debate on Saturday night with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos was just painful, from beginning to end. Some of it was just political Ambien. But when it was finally over, there was just one question. Who in the GOP in his/her right mind invites a historically shameless Democratic spin controller like Stephanopoulos to “moderate” a primary debate like this – ever? The only thing that can be said in defense of that horrible decision was turning to NBC the next morning and seeing “moderator” David Gregory be even more slanted in his questioning. ABC slanted the ideological questions...

If life were fair, Rick Santorum and Michelle Bachmann would be doing much better than they are. I understand the reluctance to back Bachmann. I stopped backing her because she claimed, among other things, that God was sending recent natural disasters, killing people all around the world as a warning. Santorum, to my knowledge, hasn’t made any such self destructive statements and believes with a passion what he says. He just doesn’t seem to project any passion himself. And that’s a shame. He would probably do well and is undeniably for a strong America. Gingrich as usual was the smartest...

Title: Live analysis of Republican debate (If interested, look for that title when the show's sequence moves in the link order) Date shown: Oct. 11, 2011 Panel: Charlie Rose, Karen Tumulty of the Washington Post, Matthew Dowd of Bloomberg and former George W. Bush advisor, Al Hunt of Bloomberg News, Dan Balz of the Washington Post, Rich Lowry of National Review, Mark Halperin of Time mag, and Julianna Goldman of Bloomberg News $$$ VIDEO: LIVE ANALYSIS OF REPULICAN DEBATE

September 22, 2011. Orlando. For all those fans of liberty, freedom and America’s electoral process, they may want to tune into Fox News tonight and check out the next GOP Presidential debate. Broadcast live from Orlando, Florida, the top 9 Republican candidates for President will be on stage. That’s one more than the 8 that have previously been invited to the other GOP debates, including the last Fox News debate. That’s because the American people have spoken loud and clear, demanding an end to a rigged and dishonest debate system. With metaphorical chants from a united electorate of, “Let him...

Hi Freepers, having watched last nights debate, I have come away with a little bit more information on each of the candidates, and I was wondering if anyone would be willing to share their thoughts and impressions about how each of the candidates did. I will be looking through the live thread further (there are thousands of comments), but mostly I am looking for a few specific things, if anyone would be willing to oblige: 1) Were there any "Deal Breakers" or any positions which were taken that would keep you from endorsing a candidate at this stage in the...

You’ve been “Weinered to death” the last few weeks, now that he’s resigned, there’s nothing left to say about it. But here are some other things you might’ve missed this week. There Has to be a Better Way to Waste 2 Hours Republicans debated this week on CNN. Why they agreed to debate on CNN remains a mystery; perhaps local public access networks were all booked with their versions of Wayne’s World. I won’t bore you with many of the details because the details were boring. I never thought I’d see an event that would make the MTV “boxers...

Re: This or That June 13, 2011 10:33 P.M. By Mark Steyn The trouble is it’s all “This or That”. As Newt pointed out, most of the questions posit ridiculous choices: Are you in favor of amnesty for illegal immigrants or are you in favor of deporting 20 million people? Are you in favor of seizing private property in New Hampshire for a Hydro Québec power line or are you in favor of continued oil dependency on psychotic dictators? The remainder fall into cutesie-pie stuff that John King lacks the personality to pull off, and the last embodied in its...

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Republican White House hopefuls condemned President Barack Obama's handling of the economy from the opening moments of their first major debate of the campaign season Monday night, and pledged emphatically to repeal his historic year-old health care overhaul. "When 14 million Americans are out of work we need a new president to end the Obama Depression," declared former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, the first among seven contenders on stage to criticize the president's economic policies.

Debate among the GOP presidential contenders. Live at 9:00pm EST/8:00 CST

Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #15 – Myrtle Beach, SC 01/10/08 - Official Discussion Thread Watch the Republican presidential primary candidates debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C., live on FOX News Channel and FOXNews.com at 9 p.m. ET.

Frank Luntz's Professional "undecided' focus group members Sept 5 group vs Jan 6 groupYOUTUBE VIDEO LINK Fuller video of tonight's Luntz focus group

Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #14 – Milford, New Hampshire 01/06/08 - Official Discussion Thread Fox News Channel; Roundtable format Candidates the gatekeepers are allowing to participating: Rudy Giuliani Mike Huckabee John McCain Mitt Romney Fred Thompson

Charles Gibson will moderate the Republican and Democrat debates tonight in New Hampshire, beginning at 7 PM Eastern. Have at it..