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Is anyone planning on watching tonight's GOP Debate? · 16

thenewgreen · 4908 days ago

Tonight marks the first debate where all of the GOP contenders are present. -Assuming all serious contenders are already in the running. The media has declared there to be two "front-runners", Rick Perry and Mitt Romney. Romney likes to paint himself as being "outside the beltway", not a "career politician" -though he has been consistently running for office for nearly 20 years. Perry is a texas super conservative social republican. He has the cowboy-swagger that GWB had, which is very appealing to the GOP base. The question with Perry is can he pull off the "compassionate conservative" angle GWB was able to in order to grab the middle?

I will be watching largely because I think Ron Paul injects some refreshing candor into these debates even if the media has written him off as absolutely "unelectable" and therefore not worth a single breath or key stroke. -King makers... total horse sh_t!

I will also be watching to see if Bachmann, a candidate that is quickly loosing donors and momentum, acts like the wounded animal that she is, lashing out at all on stage. -My guess is that she wont if she has any dream of being a VP candidate on a ticket. -wonder if God has told her that it is okay to take a vp slot?

It should prove to be an entertaining night. If any of you have any thoughts on what might/does/or did transpire, I'd be interested to hear.

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hootsbox · 4908 days ago · link ·

Well, I've watched a couple to see what the candidates have. There are several that have served as governors (and some very successful in terms of job growth, favorable business climates, medical tort reform, etc.), some as Speaker of the House (a very tough position for anyone of any political party), Congress people, Ambassadors, and CEO's of solid companies. You may not like their political persuasion, but they all have had more executive and administrative experience than the current President did when he took office. So, I listened this evening, and I thought the questioners asked some very poignant questions. If I were to give opinion, I would rate Romney, Gingrich, Perry and Cain as the most versed in solution oriented answers. I have heard the personal baggage claims brought up on most (wouldn't it be great if we were all "saints" all our lives!), and some may be true - but to bring something up that happened 20 years prior and has not happened since - whether Democrat or Repbulican or Independent - is mostly hogwash. This is not to say we should not be interested in the private lives (as in conduct or deportment) of public officials is not important (our founders certainly agreed and made many statements to that topic). Certainly habitual private behavioral issues cannot be isolated from public behavior (if you are a thief in private, your probably will be in public for instance). But looking at the record and abilities (not whether someone just looks good or sounds good) is important.