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MSNBC Republican Debate in Florida

republicandebate.jpg 1/24/08 -- by Catherine Morgan

To start with, the candidates didn't want to do a full two hour debate, so MSNBC agreed to cut it down to an hour and a half. I was tremendously disappointed with this decision. Well, not really (I was actually fighting off a happy dance). Sorry, I guess I kind of have a love/hate relationship with these debates.

Overall, it wasn't a bad debate. Who won??? Some are saying McCain (I think he falls on the economy, and he outright lied about a statement he made on the economy), some say Huckabee (I did like his explanation of the fair tax), and others are saying Romney (even though they says he's a flip-flopper, he seems like he has a strong message on the economy). Ron Paul didn't get a lot of time, but he did make some good points. Interestingly enough, no one seemed to think Giuliani was the winner (I would have to agree). I'm not so sure who the winner was, but I think it could have been Hillary (they actually talked about her tonight more than anything else).

There was obviously a conscious effort not to attack and fight with each other. The Republicans were definitely playing nice tonight, I know that probably disappointed the pundits, but it made me happy.

Here are some other interesting spots to check out...
USA TODAY was doing live blogging, and they have 143 comments so far (very interesting).

Taylor Marsh has an interesting post covering the debate, with about 100 comment so far.

Michelle Malkin has her take with over 200 comments.

BlogHer had an open thread by Erin Kotecky Vest and a post by Dana Tuszke.


This is really off topic, but when I was looking for clips on YouTube I came across Barack Obama doing the Top Ten List for David Letterman. It's pretty funny.
2 Comments   add a comment >>
Catherine Morgan
Friday January 25, 2008, 6:01 PM


Hi Bianca.

I'm happy you liked the video, and I totally understand why you might get a bit frustrated watching the debates.

:)



Bianca P.
Friday January 25, 2008, 4:05 PM


Three Words: Vice President Oprah. Haha, that's beautiful. I specifically chose not to watch any of the debates after New Hampshire- it's just too frustrating. I'd probably throw my vote in favor of someone who is more concerned with addressing the issues truthfully than covering his or her own ass and making himself look good.

Find some humility already.


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