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Republicans Debate Under Reagan’s Shadow

January 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Republican presidential candidates gathered at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., for the CNN Republican Debate tonight. Below is a quickly-transcribed recap of the first 45 minutes of the debate:
The debate began with the question, “Are Americans better off now than they were eight years ago?”
Mitt Romney refused to fall into [...]

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Highlights of Florida GOP Debate Offered

January 24th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Five Republican candidates participated in the GOP Candidates Debate in Florida tonight. Rather than rehash everything covered during the 90-minute event held on the campus of Florida Atlantic University campus in Boca Raton, I’ll offer a handful of highlights:
The biggest buffoon of the night was MSNBC’s Tim Russert. Based on the tone and [...]

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Anti-McCain Effort Teeters on Brink of Failure

January 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Today, it appears the future of one anti-John McCain effort rests upon how well the Arizona Republican performs in tonight’s Republican Presidential Candidates Debate in Florida and in the upcoming Florida and Super Tuesday primaries.
I first reported on the effort — dubbed the ‘Apostrophe T Campaign’ by its organizers — 15 months ago in an [...]

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New Hampshire GOP Presidential Forum Notes

January 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Tonight’s New Hampshire Republican Presidential Forum on the Fox News Channel began this way:
“One of the five men sitting at this table tonight will be the Republican presidential nominee.”
Those words, used by Fox News moderator Chris Wallace to open the forum at Saint Anselm College, must have riled supporters of Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter [...]

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Fox News Channel Invites Pre-Debate Questions

January 6th, 2008 · No Comments

While visiting the Fox News web site to learn more about tonight’s roundtable discussion involving five of the seven major Republican presidential candidates, I discovered the folks at Fox are inviting people to submit questions for the GOP candidates ahead of their debate Thursday in Myrtle Beach, S.C. As a means of following up [...]

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