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30 Jan 2008 08:17 pm

08:47: Romney: "no special pathway."

08:46: Vande...challenges Romney on how he's deport immigrants.

08:45: Immigration comes up. In earlier debates, it came up earlier.

08:43: Romney: "The Bush revolution...suggested that we needed a tax cut... RR would have said sign in...and Sen. McCain was one of two who did not."

08:42: "I'm proud of my record as a footsoldier in the Reagan revolution."

08:41: McCain is challenged on his different explanation for opposing the Bush tax cuts... "Actually, I think lower and middle and income deserve more help."

08:40 -- It's so windy up here on Reagan Hill. Mount Reagan. At the library. The spin room -- a big tent, basically -- is ripping apart. Scary.

08:38 -- CNN wants to try to challenge McCain on his economic knowledge... McCain must have done some boning up...he sounds very good....

08:37, So far, McCain has kept Romney on the defensive...and Romney hasn't managed to land too many punches... might be a function of the format. Update: actually, he did correct McCain on two factual points.

08:35: Huckabee cutely admits he was pandering a little when he was talking about I-95... says there might be a Western highway we oughta expand...

08:33: Sorry, I ignored Ron Paul.

08:29 -- Romney agrees, too. Says McCain's cap-n-trade plan is tantamount to tax.

08:28 -- McCain has like four minutes to give his global warming speech. CNN's producers not in Anderson's ear?

08:25: Asked about Arnold's emissions proposal (wants CA to be able to implement much tougher caps) -- does he side with governor or with the Bush Administration: "At some physical danger, I have to agree with the Governor. I'm a federalist. I believe the states should decide to an enormous degree what happens within those states, including off their coasts."

08:23: Romney asked about fines for not purchasing health care in Massachusetts. He gives his fairly compelling capsule history of his health care effort in Mass.

08:22: VandeHIGH .. HIGH.

08:21: Huckabee, asked about Rush: "I wish Rush loved me as much I loved Rush. It doesn't mean he's inerrant or infoulable."

Comments (3)

how come ron paul isn't getting time to talk. or huckabee even. its all about romney and mccain.

if you're going to have four people at a debate, you should spread the questions and time evenly.

this is, in my opinion, unfair. why even have them there if you're not going to let them debate?!

McCain: "There are some greedy people on Wall Street who need to be punished."

This is the guy who is going to "Unite the Conservatives"?

We are doomed in November.

I couldn't believe how unbalanced this debate was. It seems CNN wants to drive Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul way into the background. They have a 2 person race on the democratic side. It seems thats what they want on the republican side too. Thank goodness for FoxNews.


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