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Anything Juan Williams has to say...haven't heard since
he left PBS
The one thing Perry said that made me really smile is
when he said he felt like a Piñata
I thought both he and Romney had a couple of classic lines. They must have better writers than some of the others.
i think that debate helped romney and hurt perry, but it solidified paul as a very solid serious candidate, even when he was asked yet more jackass hypothetical questions (while ignoring foreign policy and federal reserve questions).
I love what one pundit said. Something to the effect of:
"Ron Paul, as usual, said what every one of us was actually thinking. Except for those few times when he said what only Ron Paul was thinking."
He had some good lines but he probably should have kept the "Ever think the border fence is to keep us in?" lines to himself...
The problem isn't the number of people debating, rather its the media trying to chose who the nominee is. If they removed the bias and gave equal (and sufficient) time than we would be able to get a fair assessment of every candidate.
No, 8 is too many at this point. No one is going to watch if you give everyone equal time... that would be like a 4 hour debate. They should have like 4 people next time: Perry, Paul, Romney and either Gingrich or Bachmann.
Perhaps they can do a 2nd tier debate for the 5 lowest in the polls. The winner of that debate can go to the 1st tier debate with the top 3 in the polls.
Eventually it will get down to 2-3 remaining... but even for an early debate, eight is just too many participants.
I love what one pundit said. Something to the effect of:
"Ron Paul, as usual, said what every one of us was actually thinking.... he probably should have kept the "Ever think the border fence is to keep us in?" lines to himself...
I disagree -
One can't realize the ramification of "a fence" and
what it actually means, unless you realize, what... to those being free, it really means
Even Ronald Reagan knew that, or at least... the writer who
wrote it did....
LOL, Ron Paul didn't win anything last night. He came off as the fringe candidate that he always was and will continue to be. Don't build a fence because they want to trap Americans? The guy was really out there last night. And I still don't understand his attacks on Perry, unless it is just some petty thing against his home governor.
Romney was the winner last night. Not because of necessarily 'soundbites' but because he came across very strongly in his statements and he had logical solutions and positions against silly 'Ponzi scheme' rhetoric and '$2/gal gas' silliness. Newt was an attack dog of sorts, but he didn't help his case. Neither did Cain, Santorum, or Huntsman.
I would argue Perry was the biggest loser last night. As the frontrunner, he had to come out strong and articulate. He did neither. He stumbled and fumbled on even 'softball' questions (for him) like climate change. In a debate between Obama and Perry, Obama would CRUSH him. Plain and simple.
i think that debate helped romney and hurt perry, but it solidified paul as a very solid serious candidate, even when he was asked yet more jackass hypothetical questions (while ignoring foreign policy and federal reserve questions).
agreed. Mitt made a very good point about the reasons for Texas being attractive to business none of which Perry had a hand in.
Of course I heard Ron Paul say those very same things a bit ago when Perry was taking credit for Texas boosting jobs. The more we get into the debates Ron Pauls talking points are getting picked up by the other candidates.
Our biggest problem is the Federal Reserve which still doesn't get enough coverage imo but at least it's being talked about.
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