November 28, 2007
Posted: 09:40 PM ET
(CNN) – After weeks of working on the debate, it's almost surreal to see the candidates answering the questions my colleagues and I have each watched countless times. Until now, we've had to keep the final selections top secret, so it feels a bit strange writing about them. It has been interesting to see if the candidates react the way we expected. The big moment so far, obviously, was the clash early on between former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani over immigration. We expected them to have a heated exchange, but the distinctly personal tone took us back a bit. They haven't been the only ones to throw some jabs. Sen. John McCain of Arizona and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas mixed it up over whether U.S. troops should be in Iraq. And the video that Fred Thompson's campaign submitted to CNN/YouTube was — no two ways about it — the first attack ad of this race. As I finish writing this, Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee just knocked one of our favorite questions out of the park. "The death penalty: What would Jesus do?" Huckabee's response: "Jesus was too smart to ever run for public office." – AC360 Associate Producer Jack Gray Filed under: Uncategorized
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