Republican debates

Pawlenty and Santorum by far answered the best-though, I give kudos to all of the men for their willingness to take some tough questions and imo answer honestly---That said I was not impressed with Johnson.
 
Yurt said:
watched a little...bored me

none have a chance of winning the presidency.
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I liked hearing their responses on the economy. I could see Pawlenty and even Santorum being serious candidates. Pawlenty is unafraid of answering tough questions-so is Santorum-that makes them viable. Paul is just not a dynamic candidate.
 
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I was impressed with Herman Cain......loved his answers, his attitude, and he has some charisma...

Never heard of him before tonight ......
 
Ice Dancer said:
I liked hearing their responses pom the economy. I could see Pawlenty and even Santorum being serious candidates. Pawlenty is unafraid of answering tough questions-so is Santorum-that makes them viable. Paul is just not a dynamic candidate.
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i am a romney fan. he skipped the debates....i don't know why...but after watching what i did...i can understand. the questions were ok....some of the answers were good, but overall...underwhelming...at least for me.

at this point...my opinion is that romney is the gop's only chance, IF, IF, people can get over his religion. i know he had the semi-obamacare, but that is what makes him good....because he can appeal to independents and he has repeatedly said he does not believe it is the federal government's role to implement such a program.
 
Yurt said:
i am a romney fan. he skipped the debates....i don't know why...but after watching what i did...i can understand. the questions were ok....some of the answers were good, but overall...underwhelming...at least for me.

at this point...my opinion is that romney is the gop's only chance, IF, IF, people can get over his religion. i know he had the semi-obamacare, but that is what makes him good....because he can appeal to independents and he has repeatedly said he does not believe it is the federal government's role to implement such a program.
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I think the only ones that have a problem with his Mormonism are the leftist media who like to make it an issue. Romney is a socially liberal politician. <translation: entitlement spending increases and higher taxes> So is Huckabee.
 
I was most impressed with Herman Cain, and I think he benefited most of all the candidates, from this debate. I was not impressed with Johnson, he just looked weak and tired, his shoulders slumped.. just didn't impress me at all. Pawlenty and Santourum were good, and Ron Paul was Ron Paul.
 
Yurt said:
i am a romney fan. he skipped the debates....i don't know why...but after watching what i did...i can understand. the questions were ok....some of the answers were good, but overall...underwhelming...at least for me.

at this point...my opinion is that romney is the gop's only chance, IF, IF, people can get over his religion. i know he had the semi-obamacare, but that is what makes him good....because he can appeal to independents and he has repeatedly said he does not believe it is the federal government's role to implement such a program.
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The so called "main stream" Republicans probably did not attend due to who was hosting the debate.
 
Dixie said:
I was most impressed with Herman Cain, and I think he benefited most of all the candidates, from this debate. I was not impressed with Johnson, he just looked weak and tired, his shoulders slumped.. just didn't impress me at all. Pawlenty and Santourum were good, and Ron Paul was Ron Paul.
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Cain can't be all bad. He's a Purdue graduate. I have to admit that Cain has the competence, leadership skills, experience and charisma to seek high office. However, I don't think I could support any candidate who advocates the unfair "Fair Tax" or dismantling social security, as Cain does. The later position is extremely problematic for Cain and unless he would distance himself from it then he would be a completely untenable candidate. If he can, then why not Cain?

Keep in mind that both Jimmy Carter and Bill Clintion were very charismatic and energetic candidates that most Americans had never heard of due to being far outside the beltway of national politics. If they could build the political machine to capture the nomination as virtual unknowns, why not Cain? He certainly has the charisma that almost all the other Republican candidates lack. The real question for Cain (or any Presidential hopeful) is can he put a campaign team together that can raise the vast amount of money required for a run at the Presidency? No matter what your talent, background, policy position, etc, you have to be able to raise the money first.

Another issue with Cain is that he is essentially a successful business man with scads of executive experience and virtually none in public service. The problem here for Cain is that most such executives tend to be autocrats, which is fine in business but doesn't work well in either politics or public service where one must have a talent for compromise in order to achieve larger objectives. Under pressure in politics/public service these cracks tend to show in such executives and it hurts them politically big time, as it did with Ross Perot, to use an example.
 
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Ice Dancer said:
I think the only ones that have a problem with his Mormonism are the leftist media who like to make it an issue. Romney is a socially liberal politician. <translation: entitlement spending increases and higher taxes> So is Huckabee.
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I think the Christian Coalition might disagree...
 
Clearly Ron Paul is going to be the next President of these United States. I mean, the others stand zero chance. Because he's so Ron Paul.
 
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