UPDATE (11:01 p.m.): Mitt Romney stood with his hands in his pockets all night, because everyone on stage thinks Ronald Reagan’s 11th Commandment applies only to frontrunners. He wasn’t touched. Romney was so bored that at one point he decided to tear into Jon Huntsman on China, which led to Huntsman unleashing Mandarin non sequitars, according to Twitter translation (end snark). Truly stunning, but if you were watching football, be glad. ABC should lose their debate privileges if they keep sending out Diane Sawyer, who is so off her game in these settings as to look like she doesn’t have one at all. Oh, and for the record, the title of this post came before the debate even started and ended up being true. Karen Tumulty tweeted the ads in New Hampshire were tougher than the debate & I have no doubt she’s correct. See Ron Paul ad below. Meanwhile, Romney up in South Carolina.
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It’s Rick Santorum’s big…
Santorum—and anyone else in the field, or anyone who may still enter—deserves “an open field and a fair chance” to compete for the “big White House” that Lincoln occupied. All American history is saying, and all we are saying, is . . . give Rick a chance. – Bill Kristol
Oh, whatever.
Quite an ad from Ron Paul above, isn’t it?
Whether you’re watching the debate on ABC or just stopping by, hope you’re enjoying your Saturday night.
Taylor, that Ron Paul ad is BRUTAL.
There were too many hopeless fools on that stage tonight. Tired of Dumbo Rick Perry; of sanctimonious little pr*ck Santorum; and the lying old sage named Newt with the paraffin wife (Calista scares me more than Newt!).
We’ll be seeing fat capitalist pig Romney going up against the fuck-up who currently presides, and those debates will be worth watching — especially if Chris Christie is Romney’s running-mate.
I wish I could watch these debates without a care in the world that ANY of them stands a chance, but the reality is, I’m watching because I’m afraid.
Newt with the paraffin wife (Calista scares me more than Newt!)
Callista Gingrich seems to have stepped off the set of “Dynasty,” if anyone even remembers that nighttime soap. When Newt was riding high off the air of his ego, he actually stated she was a combination of Nancy Reagan and –wait for it– Jackie Kennedy!
I can’t think of anything more uninspiring than Obama v. Romney, but it’s been in the cards for well over a year.
Unless Romney picks someone entertaining like Chris Christie, though conservatives want Rob Portman or Mitch Daniels, it’s going to be the longest year of my working life.
Actually Taylor I am looking foward to an Obama-Romney campaign. I think Romney is a much better candidate this year than he was in 2008. He seems much more comfortable this time around, not to say he’s a “I feel your pain” kinda guy, but he has improved.
I hope there are real debates between the two of them and not this staged nonsense. If so, Romney will eat Obama alive on the economy. On other issues, not so much.VP prediction is Marco Rubio.
Kris, I am also looking forward to an Obama/Romney campaign.
I picked Rubio at first, kris, wrote about it, in fact, but he has flatly said he wouldn’t do it. He’s angling for a run himself, not a veep spot, with Mr. Rubio’s ego uncontainable as far as I can tell.
However, Romney is going to need inoculation on his reprehensible stance on the Dream Act & immigration, so I wouldn’t be surprised if Jeb Bush reached out to Rubio to get him to say yes.
Like I wrote before, it’s Mr. Cool v. Mr. Ice. Don’t see the excitement, but we’ll see. Glad you two are feeling it. Thanks for sharing that. Good to know.
Santorum didn’t do himself any favors tonight and probably hurt himself but then the lunatics in the GOP base might like what he said. He literally twisted himself into pretzels over the gay marriage thing. Huntsman was the only one that made any sense on that subject. Perry wants to send troops back into Iraq. He’s just nuts. I was surprised at how well Romney did. I did not expect that. I expected Mr. Plastic Wall Street and he did not come off that way at all to me.
Perry wants to send troops back into Iraq. He’s just nuts.
Perry’s like a monkey who just keeps throwing his #*@! at the audience to see if anyone will notice it stinks.
Mitt Romney just keeps looking more and more moderate next to these guys.
I wonder how long it will take him to flip on his immigration stance & the Dream Act or what he’s going to put in its place, because he’s killed himself in the southwest.
“Perry’s like a monkey who just keeps throwing his #*@! at the audience to see if anyone will notice it stinks.”
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!! MS. MARSH! That sounds like something I would have said!!
I watched part of the GOP debate and fell asleep. jeeez. What a bore. It was kinda wierd really- a sleepy debate with romney just going along untouched. No wonder Gary Bauer is going to SC with Santorum to back the guy. Conservatives have to unite in SC behind Santorum I think to try and stop Mitt. And Dems better pray SC becomes a slaughter- otherwise its Feb. onward with superpacs on air hammering Obama.
Perry is a damned fool. I cant believe what he says- he said he’d rather be hunting than at a debate- so go already! PLEASE. Huntsman is simply to sane and smart to be with this bunch. Either he runs indie or gets out. Ron Paul will go through all the states I think getting those delegates for leverage later.
Hey Art.
It’s really hard to see anyone stopping Romney at this point. They’re not touching him in the debates.
I agree, Taylor. Romney’s going to be the nominee. He’s actually very good at emerging unscathed from these debates. He remains cool, always with that look of bemusement on his face. I don’t believe Obama will have an easy time debating Romney. What do you think? I mean, I’m just remembering candidate Obama and his debate performances were not so good.
Barack Obama has never been up against a fierce Republican opponent, which is something an insider Dem said to me a while back as well.
It’s the first time, with Mitt Romney today a different man from 2008.
Obama reelect is prepared that’s for sure.
Romney still has to figure out how to bring conservatives and right wingers on board. They’re still not buying in to his candidacy, so he’ll need a laying on of hands from someone. He got Bay Buchanan in New Hampshire.
Watch Jim Demint. Everyone wants his endorsement.
Ron Paul can stay in as far as I’m concerned. He’s a different flavor of whacko and far more palatable than most of the others. I agree about Huntsman. He doesn’t belong onstage with those guys, but I haven’t a clue just where he does belong – truly an oddity. I thought his babbling in Chinese was a dumb move, but let’s face it, he’s not going anywhere in this race so he just confirmed to “any who might have missed it” that he’s the all-around expert on China. He might have his eye on a cabinet post in a Romney administration. The good thing about Rick Santorum is that whenever he is talking, I use that time to run to the bathroom; or to the refrigerator to get a snack.
Huntsman is looking for a way out. I have no idea why he is a Republican. I say he’s done after NH. Pretty bold prediction aye?
true! or take a nap- these guys have no policy thoughts really and are like watching paint dry. no emotive connection. none. zero. zilch.
Hey Art -
They have policies, it’s just not what you want to hear. And I must say that I am tired of the moderators, or whatever they are, asking insipid questions. It would help if they actually cared about issues and stopped with the gotcha questions. I thought Romneys response to the states banning birth control was spot on. What a waste of time, no state wants to, it’s not an issue, so what’s the friggin point of asking.
Frankly whether Republicans or Democrats, I admire all of them for subjecting themselves to this nonsense. I wouldn’t have the patience.
Frankly whether Republicans or Democrats, I admire all of them for subjecting themselves to this nonsense. I wouldn’t have the patience.
Could not agree more.
“They have policies, it’s just not what you want to hear.”
Testicles…..they have talking points.
“I thought Romneys response to the states banning birth control was spot on. What a waste of time, no state wants to, it’s not an issue, so what’s the friggin point of asking.”
Apparently you haven’t spent any time watching the repugnantklan/teabaggers in the state governments have you?
“Frankly whether Republicans or Democrats, I admire all of them for subjecting themselves to this nonsense. I wouldn’t have the patience.”
I find NOTHING to admire in the repugnantklan/teabagger mob. Egomaniacs all and dumber then dogshit along with hating the American Constitutionally structured form and method of Governing as well as separation of powers. Government by consent of the Governed.
The Dems while surely not pure as the driven snow are a WORLD better then those imbecilic ass monkeys.
I actually enjoyed Ron Paul because I think he’s right on about some things like trying terrorists in our court system, the Patriot Act and this nonsense of trying to build an empire.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
I’d like to see the poll that leads you to believe the SW and especially independents are not a majority on the conservative side of immigration.