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Mitt Romney is so arrogant. I really used to like him before campaigning got so serious. I'm sick and tired of his attack ads, and I'm sick and tired of him trying to appeal to EVERYONE! Take a REAL stand on something!

Ron Paul is the only straight talker with a proven record of being for the people, of the people and by the people. Does any one else feel like he's an angel sent from heaven? I sure do. I just hope America wakes up to opportunity before them. This Muslim voter says: God Bless Ron Paul.

Please, please please someone enter the race for either party, or as an independent, who really has the capabilities and deserves to be President. After Obama and hillary fighting like spoiled siblings there is no one left to vote for other than Edwards, and he doesn;t appear to hae any chance to win.

Look at the lineup in the picture. Plastic Man, Elderly, Scum, Kook and Religious Zealot. Then we have naive Obama, another Clinton... This is the best america has to offer for POTUS? Makes me wish Biden was back in the race.

WHY SHOULD THE DEM. BE FIGHTING AMONSG THEM SELF.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS A RESPECTED PARTY NO DISGRACE AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE PARTY.REGARDS TO ALL.
AAHMED

Why don't you folks in the news cover other candidates like Ron Paul who has consistantly been in the running. You folks must be getting kick backs from Hillarry, Obama, Mcain,Romney,Hukaby. Maybe you folks are afraid of real change actually for the good instead of the staticequo of government screwing americans.

It concerned me when Mitt said "He doesn't care what the voter thinks". Turned me off , big time

I dont want to have to "google" a candidate running for president. I am sick of Ron Paul supporters saying, "Well he is big on the internet, go google him". I want to be able to find out from credible sources. We need someone in the white house who can turn our economy around, someone who has the leadership skills to take this country back to the top. We need someone who is pro-family to take this country out of the gutter we have fallen into. I am honestly scared to raise my kids in this world.

MITT '08

In my opinion, America belongs to whites only; we should unequivocally vote for Matt Romney as first choice or Mike Huckabee. These two will give the means to our officials to pester and deport all Spanish fleeces out of the US (legal and illegal). And then we should work on the blacks next; they are criminal bunches therfore easy targets. Read Lou Dobbs’ Independence Day.

Ron Paul, 10 term member of the House of Representatives, is and has always been against the war in Iraq and all undeclared wars. He is the one who brought up the Federal Reserve Bank breaking the country, and let us know we are invading other countries on UN resolutions, while living on money borrowed from China. He suggested that media use public airwaves, and therefore owe the public fair and accurate coverage of elections. He is prolife, but believes in state's rights. Google him, and you will vote for him.

GEAUX ROMNEY!!
BEAT THE HILDA-BEAST!!

These guys should have called off the debate and volunteered the time to help patrol our nations southern border. I here there are border guards down there who are so mean they should be sent to prison. These guys need to find them and have Johnny Sutton arrest and convict them

Thought McCain came out on top.

GO MITT GO!!

I wish Ron Paul had been given more time. Every time he spoke, he made a lot of sense.

The only thing Romney won was the media darling time slot. Just watching the entire debate from start to finish you can see the pattern of who was asked what.
He won the most face time. He won the most questions and allowed responses in a row. He won the soft questions. Even the moderators were feeding him answers and direction. Take the Ronald Reagan tax question. The moderator was trying to lead him.
Look at all the candidates from the very beginning. The debate wasn't a debate. It was a dog and pony show. Just considering ONLY the time allowed Its without question that Romney won the most air time, and was allowed to overstep the time limits on every question. McCain was 2nd place for the time slot. Then Guiliani. Then Huckabee. Then Ron Paul.
Next you have the pattern for questions. Look at the order they asked questions. You think Ron Paul was next when it was his turn? Nope. Let's go back to our so-called winners Romney and McCain and ask other things with follow-up questions. Yep, they even won numerous FOLLOW-UP question awards. Yeah, real winners.
Go watch it for yourself again in its entirety. Honestly look at how fair it was. How equal it was. Its blatant and obvious that there was no fairness or consistency with the questions while going down the line.
Oh, and the Ron Paul question to McCain. HA! Best question of the night. For those who need translation, it was RP: Do you have any clue about anything concerning economics in washington? McCain: Nope but let me BS my way through this by listing a bunch of names for 2 minutes and talk about sunshine.

With all the problems in this country, Thank God for Ron Paul. He voted against all of the hair-brained schemes that we're paying for now. It's a miracle that we still have a chance to get it right and put a honest, hardworking man in the White House.

Not much of a 'debate' but Ron Paul stood head and shoulder above the other candidates. His stance on Iraq is one of many reasons why Ron Paul should get the Republican nomination and subsequent popular and electoral vote to be our next president. Also, more than any other candidate his understanding and plans for our current economic crisis is unmatched.

McCain has has two decades to do something, ANYTHING positive, besides kiss Kennedy's behind.

Ron Paul won the debate by far. Even though he was given 1/3rd the time of Romney he wiped the floor with those clueless clowns. The phone poll also agrees that Ron Paul won the debate but of course NBC had to quickly cover that inconvenient truth up.

Man, the media is a joke!!

Lets change the rules – Bush for 4 more.

Why McCain, because you are a democrat? Let's be honest the people on this board for McCain are either dems or lobbyist that want a washington insider.

Remember the war hero Bob Dole, Purple Heart WWII vet back in 1996?
The Dems and the media loved Dole in congress just like the dems like McCain in congress. However being liked by Kennedy and Feingold in congress and a war vet will not win against the Clintons or Obama/Oprah.

The Florida primary is Republican-only. That's a roadblock for McCain. McCain won in NH and SC because of liberal independents. Romney is winning the Republican base. If anyone undecided will listen with an open mind to Mitt speak, it will only take a few minutes to see that he is brilliant.

In September 2007members of the Council for National Policy & TheProject for a New American Century met again this time in Salt Lake City. Cheney & Mitt Romney were keynote speakers. Romney wants their backing. The CNP wants to continue their agenda in global market control for BIG OIL & allied industry in the next election. Who will they choose to back ? Will it be Mitt ? Or will they bring in another candidate ? Sure looks like Mitt to me.

Yawn! I wouldn't trust any of those guys if they said night was dark and day was light.

Giuliani turned down 10 million dollars of aid from a Saudi guy because the Saudi guy criticized American foreign policy, yet at the same time Rudi thinks its OK to do business with this guy?

God, I hope he is done, this man is just shameless.

McCain got asked (I am paraphrasing) "what do you intend to do about the economy since you yourself have said that you dont know much about the economy?"

His answer: "No I have never said that, where did youhear me say that".

“The issue of economics is not something I’ve understood as well as I should,” is his actual quote (Paul Krugman/New York Times)

what is sad to me is that all of them (the candidates), think that we are too stupid to see through the name calling and mud slinging. I wish they would just get down to the issues. The Clintons have become a disappointment to me. They are fighting like hungry dogs over the last bone! It is a turn off and I dont think that she (hilliary) would be able to get anything accomplished in the white house, she is so disliked.

JOHN McCAIN ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES, I MEAN EXPERIENCES. HOWEVER EVERYTIME HE ANSWERS QUESTIONS, FIRST HE AVOIDS THE QUESTION AND THEN HE MEANS NOTHING WHEN HE ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS. GIVEN THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL UNEXPERIENCED CANDIDATES, LOGICALLY JOHN McAIN SHOULD DO FAR BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE ACCORDING TO HIS OWN ACCEPTANCE. McCAIN'S PERFORMANCES SO FAR WERE EXTREMELY VERY POOR. PROBABLY THE AGE FACTOR IS AFFECTING HIS ABILITIES TOGETHER WITH THE LACK OF PRAGMATIC EXPERIENCES, I BELIEVE JOHN McCAIN IS NOT FIT TO EVEN BE CONSIDERED A CANDIDATE. MAY BE McCAIN SHOULD BECOME A LECTURER AT A UNIVERSITY, THAT PROFESSION SHOULD FIT HIS PERSONALITY, CARACTER AND SUPERFICIAL EXPERIENCES. AT THIS CRITICAL PERIOD OF OUR HISTORY, AMERICA CANNOT AND WILL NOT ACCEPT A SECOND GEORGE BUSH. WE ARE INDEED IN REAL AND GREAT CRISIS. JOHN McCAIN IS NOT THE RIGHT PERSON TO BECOME THE COMMERDER IN CHIEF.
A REPUBLICAN FROM FLORIDA

I'm a Democrat, but Romney sure is pretty! He looks like he could be on a coin (so does Edwards). Romney seemed th emost in command in the debate last night, but I think the most interesting thing is that Guiliani has become a non-factor. Wasn't he favored in the polls for months? What happened to him? I was never a fan and having lived in New York City while he was mayor, I know what a meanie he is - the New York Times editorial endorsement today has it right.

What a difference compared to a Democratic Kindergarten!
People were talking business, economy and security compared to Democrats arguing who is better to chellenge a Rebublican...offering to change United States. Change to what? Who's examples and ideas do they use?

I think Gulliani still makes more sense, than others.

Romney did win hands down.

McCain can't get his story straight on immigration. I visited his state a few months ago and it's hard to find anyone in a mini-mart that spoke english. How can can claim he has an immigration policy is beyond belief.

Romney in 2008 !!

Our nation needs Romney. He has spent his life fixing problems, from failing businesses to the Winter Olympics to making significant progress as governor of a state largely controlled
by democrats. He has learned to surround himself with other intelligent persons and to get the big picture before making snap judgments. Romney has demonstrated the leadership, intelligence and personal character to be an excellent president. Please support Romney so that some of his outstanding business and leadership skills can be applied to our national government.

Romney won the debate, hands down. McCain looked terrible. Every analyst, even long-time McCain friends agreed that McCain seems totally lost, clueless and overwhelmed by the issue of the economy.

Romney is going to take Florida!

If CNN deletes my comments again, I'm going to start telling every blog about their manipulative editing practices on this blog.

I've attempted to comment before on this thread.

Mitt Romney dominated. His first discussion about the stimulus package was amazingly intelligent and articulate. I wondered if the other candidates on stage scratched their heads and thought "Geez, this guy is smart."

MSNBC declared Romney as the clear winner, as well they should've. I think I'm switching my news source.

"Richard January 25, 2008 1:38 pm ET
I will NEVER vote for any of them because they are idiots and think we should be in Iraq another 10 years."

Then you have done very little research because Ron Paul is the only candidate who plans to pull us out of Iraq immediately on getting into office.. and then out of Germany, Japan and Korea.

Do your country a favor and research instead of voting in ignorance.

I am a registered Republican and I'm voting Obama.

What a joke, not a debate at all. Bunch of clowns going through the motions. They are all useless. I think Paul has lost his mind and Giulianni and McClueless have some very severe eye brow raising problems. Romney is the King of Flip Floppers, puts John Kerry to shame. Huckabee is the closest to sincere, but all he can do is tell jokes! How disgusting.

You mean to say that bombing the middle east is not the way to bring peace to the area? This is news to me. That was a nice maneuver by Ron Paul asking McCain to answer a question that he obviously had no clue about. His answer reminded me of the movie Billy Maddison. We are all dumber for having listened to his rambling!! ; )

Who can trust Romney?He doesn't even use his real first name,Willard,as in RAT!!!! How many wives will he have in the White House?

I have written comments 3 times to this particular blog. CNN is socialist. and intolerant.

Ron Paul seemed to be the only one that debated there. The rest just took stupid shots at Clinton. Im sorry I want a leader as President not someone who is just going to make fun of Clinton all the time. I love how Romney and Huckabee say that they are pro-freedom yet they are biggest suck ups to the religious right. Hey Republicans wake up the religious right is pro-big government and anti-freedom. I voted Democrat in the mid-term because I am sick and tired of the Republicans who say that they are for staying out of your life and then turn around and embrace social conservatives who are NOT for staying our of your life.

Richard, look at Ron Paul. Wants to withdrawl from Iraq and questions why everyone wants to attack Iran.

This was not a DEBATE - it was a joke.

When are these sponsors going to actually ask the real, tough questions and not let the candidates squirm out it?

John McCain stood before everyone and outright lied last night when Tim Russert asked him about his previous states on his knowledge of the economy. And then have the balls to challenge him on it.

Give me a break!!!

I was extremely disappointed to see a noon recap of the debate where all but one candidate was given the chance to voice their opinion in a segment about the U.S. Economy. The candidate not mentioned, Ron Paul. I cannot believe a network that claims to be the best about reporting the truth would leave out the one man saying consistently the truth throughout every debate and being torn down by this and other media stations.

All I see is – White and Right. Jeez, you Repubs are in deep dodo.

I will NEVER vote for any of them because they are idiots and think we should be in Iraq another 10 years.

PS. I USED TO VOTE REPUBLICAN.

Wasn't it refreshing watching a group of adults discussing issues relevant to the future of the country in the Republican debate. After seeing Clinton and Obama calling each other names like little kids on the playground it was quite clear which party is the the party of the grown ups.

Look a symbol of the Reublican Party, 5 old white guys threatened by change!

Romney wins!

...meanwhile we will spend $Trillions and thousands of lives "nation building there". We will empty our national treasury and throw away our civil liberties. When it is over, we will invite expatriate Iraqis over here – to America just like we did at the end of the dismal failure in Vietnam. In fact, this has already begun. Several hundred Iraqis have been relocated to American soil. Essentially, this amounts to an enormous transfer of birth right from American soldiers who die in Iraq to the very enemy they are fighting. The latter will inherit the dead American soldier's life & livelihood here.

There is nothing new under the sun.

j shockley,

During the dark ages when Europe was burning people, the inquiziton was going strong, and there was always a war between England, France and Spain, there was a renaissance happening in the middle east, with Baghdad beign known as the City of piece. Where the scientists and mathematicians were flourishing. See these numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9, they are known as Arabic numbers.

Its only when the religious people took over from the Khalifs (who were religious poeple themeselves, but not religous leaders), and deciced to bring "God" back the people is when the middle eastern dark ages began (see a pattern here).

The fact that McCain believes the US will win and obtain victory (whatever that is defined as) in Iraq shows that he has no clue and should not be let anywhere near the presidency.

Come on people.. truly, how can you vote for someone who believes victory is possible in Iraq?

Five Squares don't make One Pyramid!

Don't waste your time leaving a comment here...When I left my comment @ 11:11 there were over 20 already here...Now there are none...What's going on?????

McCain made a comment about peace in the middle east. Just goes to show ALL Republicans suffer from delusions. There has been NO peace in the middle east since before the time of christ. Nuclear peace is the only viable alternative.

I consider myself an Independent. Look at the last eight Republican ( President and Congress) years !! There is an old saying, " Fool me once -shame on you. fool me twice – shame on me ". This "fool" is finally learning.

Mitt Romney won the debate last night hands down and there is not ONE unbiased Media source that will print the truth.
This is a big "Shame on you media" day.
So far on other blogs, I've been shut out, it will be interesting to see if they throw this one out too.

The polls in FL show a 'statistical' dead-heat between Romney and McCain. What th liberal media WON'T tell you however is where the momentum has gone. Romney has dramatically increased his numbers in the past few weeks whereas McCain has only risen somewhat. The momentum is clearly in Romney's favor. He's the real front-runner in FL.

All they talked about was Hillary... it takes 5 Repubes to attack Hilllary? I KNEW Hillary was awesome, but I didn't know to what extent...

Get out of the GOP Ron Paul!! You'll never win the fools who votes for the neocons!

Did you watch this debate? Mitt Romney dominated. His first discussion about the stimulus package was amazingly intelligent and articulate. I wondered if the other candidates on stage scratched their heads and thought "Geez, this guy is smart."

MSNBC declared Romney as the clear winner, as well they should've. I think I'm switching my news source.

Was it just me or was this a little dull. The mojority seem to have a strong opinion on two issues, but not any substantive answers. I think I'm burned on debates. I get to the end and pfffft.... nothing.

I wish Ron Paul had a chance. If I thought I wouldn't be wasting my vote, I would vote for him. He made the most sense last night. Guiliani sounded totally out of touch and everyone else belittled themselves by dumping on Sen Clinton. It's obvious she's the one they all worry about. Speaking as a Republican, the Republican's have made such a mess of this country, in every way, I find it hard to vote for my party.

The msnbc analysts were way off again....feel like we are all watching a different debate....so here's an average everyday single mother's non-white undecided voter's opinion on the debate:

-Romney: still sound very scripted and have made a 180 turn on message. He is now blaming washington for all the problems in this country. He confuses me on what his convictions are...
-Ron Paul: did not get much air time but when he did...he pretty much did the same song and dance...blaming the government for all problems without spending much time to explain what his solutions are....
-Mccain: validated my suspicion that he knows little about economic and will rely heavily on his team of advisors...I did not recognize any of the names he threw out so i'm in the dark as to how he will impact the economy with his presidency.
-Huckabee: did not get much air time but he was funny. I'm still not comfortable that his is fully qualified to be president but I enjoy his humor.
-Rudy: as always, rudy is short on the sensational soundbites but heavy on the smart. I thought his answers were the most thoughtful and substantial. I have little doubt he was the smartest person on stage.

I have been a Democrat for many years. But the social spending has to stop, it taken toll on our country. I am voting for Ron Paul also, he is the only candidate with a plan.

He actually knows what he is talking about.

Ron Paul showed again he is the most competent of all the candidates to handle the job of Prez.

Mitt doesn't care for voters, A lot of republicans don't care. Colin Powell .. There is someone I respect. Who knows what secrets are in his closet. At least he had the good sense to quit the Bush admn. A lot of smart people quit the Bush Admn. However, Powell is a republican. If he were running this would be a very interesting race. Then what would Oprah do?
Oprah has turned really black, I'm not talking color, Oprah supports Obama, only because he is black . A School in S. Africa, when inner schools in Chicago could use some help. Nothing wrong with getting back to your roots. Black people cannot let go of theirs. I asked a black friend where she might be or would even be, if her ancestors were not sold into slavery by their own people? Would she still be in Kenya or some other place in Africa, living in absolute poverty. The Civil rights movement, affirmative action have lifted them out of very dark time in our history. Here they are at time when their votes really matter. White people who spoke up for them changed their lives. MLK was their voice, Rosa parks was the catalist. There was a time they could not vote, there was a time when women could not vote. For any Obama supporter to suggest they stay home from the polls in protest if Obama is not the nominee is very sad. If you vote for Obama merely because he is black thats fine, just VOTE don't give up any of your rights to protest something the republicans would love for you to do. We are Americans first!

Romney, as stated by most columnists, was the better candidate last night for his answers and poise. McCain had only to list a number of people to consult about the economy. Clearly he was out of touch on the financial questions. Romney projected himseld like having a better grasp about how business, and government works. McCain had my supoort, not now. You cannot say that the US will be 100 years in Iraq. It did not work in Vietnam, get it McCain?

AS A FLORIDA REPUBLICAN, AFTER WITTNESSING THURSDAY'S DEBATE, THE UNDERSINGED AND THOSE PRESENT AT MY PLACE RANKED THE REPUBLICAN CNADIDATES AS FOLLOWS:
M. RUMNEY, PRESIDENTIAL.
M. HUCKABEE, NOT YET.
RON PAUL, DOING AND TRYING HIS BEST. HIS MESAGE IS CORRECT UNFORTUNATELY IT IS COMING FROM THE WRONG PERSON.
TIED FOR THE LAST PLACE, RUDY GIULIANI AND JOHN McCAIN, BOTH LOOK LIKE CLONED GEORGE BUSH. ALWAYS MISSING THE QUESTIONS AND MENTIONING NAMES THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. BOTH HAVE NO VISION FOR FUTURE AMERICA. DISASTER FOR OUR PARTY IF EITHER ONE IS NOMINATED. THAT MEANS DEFINITE DEFEAT COME NOVEMBER 2008.

Ron Paul, darn it! Just break already and go Independent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are way way way too good for the GOP. Wouldn't it be fun to beat a democrat and a neo con!!!!!!!!!!! It would show the world that our nation can think for itself!

With all the problems in this country, Thank God for Ron Paul. He voted against all of the hair-brained schemes that we're paying for now. It's a miracle that we still have a chance to get it right and put a honest, hardworking man in the White House.

I hope America looks at his voting record and they realize he's the only one that can't be bought. God Bless HIm !!!!!

Let see...give Romney 31 % of the air time and then declare him the winner, because he 'dominated' the debate...he dominated because this was nothing more than the Mitt Show!!!!