I was a bit turned off by the Republican Debates. Don't get me wrong, I know the debate was set in the Reagan Library and I fully believe he was a great President, but the focus on Reagan was a little but to pronounced. Huckabee gained a lot of points in my book with his answer to the last question of the night ("Would Reagan have endorsed you for President?") where he responded:
I think it would be incredibly presumptuous and even arrogant for me to try to suggest what Ronald Reagan would do, that he would endorse any of us against the others.For a bunch that seems so respectful of the man, the question itself does seem a bit presumptuous.Let me just say this, I'm not going to pretend he would endorse me. I wish he would. I would love that, but I endorse him, and I'm going to tell you why[...]
Besides that, the big news coming out of the debate was Mr. "Straight Talk Express" (as Obama called him last night) hitting Romney below the axle. McCain accused Romney of supporting a time table of withdrawal from Iraq (i.e. conservative poison) where many sources and my own research seem to point to as being false. McCain who has had a lot of star power lately, and has so far ran a clean campaign, could suffer from this attack more than it could help him. McCain may have one this debate, but at what cost?
Thursday Night - Queensberry Politics
The Democratic debate last night was without victory. Any punches thrown were gentle and eloquently phrased. If nothing else, it was a testament to how well these two politicians can shelve personal ambitions in favor of civil discourse. Strangely, harder punches were thrown from CNN's Wolf Blitzer who was running the debate than either candidate. It was almost a more exciting debate due to the suspense of seeing if anyone was going loose their cool. It was an impressive display in my opinion.
Transcripts
Republican Debate Transcript.
Democratic Debate Transcript.
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