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Sat, 01/05/2008 - 10:41pm.
Who won tonight's debates? The biggest winner of the night was foreign policy itself. Both of tonight's debates began with issues of international concern, which, as I mentioned earlier has also dominated the stump speeches I've attended here in New Hampshire. That ought to put to rest for good the notion that international affairs is no longer the dominate issue the 2008 campaign.
Now for the candidates performances in the debates. The GOP debate was not so much characterized by winners as much as it was by losers. The biggest loser of the debate was Mitt Romney, who spent the night looking like a whipped dog. By my count, the only candidate who didn't jump on the Romney dog pile was Ron Paul. Romney tried to fend off Mike Huckabee with the jab, "Don't try to characterize my positions." Huckabee shot back, "Which ones?" Ouch. Rudy Giuliani, who performed strongly tonight for a change, slammed Romney by saying that even Ronald Reagan would, "be in one of Mitt's negative commercials." That hurts. John McCain informed Romney that, "you can spend your whole fortune on attack ads, but it still won't make it true." Death blow.
Here in Manchester, the pain continued in the debate's "spin room." McCain's spinsters, including Sen. Lindsay Graham, continued the slams on Romney. They clearly have him in their sites. With a second place finish in Iowa, plummeting polls in New Hampshire, and the worst debate performance of the night (save for the desperate and pathetic performance of Ron Paul who will hopefully be put to rest in New Hampshire), Romney has reason to be concerned.
Here are my grades for the GOPers tonight, in order from best to worst:
1. John McCain: A-
2. Rudy Giuliani: A
3. Mike Huckabee: B+
4. Fred Thompspn: B-
5. Mitt Romney: C-
6. Ron Paul: D-
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http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/7600
" » blogs » Mike Boyer
Sat, 01/05/2008 - 10:41pm.
Who won tonight's debates? The biggest winner of the night was foreign policy itself. Both of tonight's debates began with issues of international concern, which, as I mentioned earlier has also dominated the stump speeches I've attended here in New Hampshire. That ought to put to rest for good the notion that international affairs is no longer the dominate issue the 2008 campaign.
Now for the candidates performances in the debates. The GOP debate was not so much characterized by winners as much as it was by losers. The biggest loser of the debate was Mitt Romney, who spent the night looking like a whipped dog. By my count, the only candidate who didn't jump on the Romney dog pile was Ron Paul. Romney tried to fend off Mike Huckabee with the jab, "Don't try to characterize my positions." Huckabee shot back, "Which ones?" Ouch. Rudy Giuliani, who performed strongly tonight for a change, slammed Romney by saying that even Ronald Reagan would, "be in one of Mitt's negative commercials." That hurts. John McCain informed Romney that, "you can spend your whole fortune on attack ads, but it still won't make it true." Death blow.
Here in Manchester, the pain continued in the debate's "spin room." McCain's spinsters, including Sen. Lindsay Graham, continued the slams on Romney. They clearly have him in their sites. With a second place finish in Iowa, plummeting polls in New Hampshire, and the worst debate performance of the night (save for the desperate and pathetic performance of Ron Paul who will hopefully be put to rest in New Hampshire), Romney has reason to be concerned.
Here are my grades for the GOPers tonight, in order from best to worst:
1. John McCain: A-
2. Rudy Giuliani: A
3. Mike Huckabee: B+
4. Fred Thompspn: B-
5. Mitt Romney: C-
6. Ron Paul: D-
Care to contact these people and give them a piece of their mind?
passportblog@ceip.org
READ HERE: Don't bother giving them traffic.
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