Grade Ron's Debate Preformance

[everlasticity]

He does a good job of explaining the theory, but not a good enough job showing how his theory, put into practice, would work today. B+

 

[culvereric]

A- Not bad...about as good as last Thursday and much better than a week ago..hes not gonna get an A+ from me just because he will never be able to top his skill in a lot of the 2007-08 debates

 

[pen_thief]

I give him an A - loved his answers but was bummed he couldn't bring up Rand and the TSA incident

 

[parkway3000]

Had good answers and seemed to make good points.

 

[Vet_from_cali]

B-. if he keeps sitting on the damn sideline and letting them skip him I'll drop it down to a effin D.

tired of him being so passive, wtf

 

[Cyberbrain]

The debate was a D, complete trash.

Paul a C, he fell into the trap of that first question, fumbled around with his answer for too long and came up looking like he wasn't very serious about the nomination which looks really bad, really really bad. He worked his way back up by the end though. He dropped an awesome truth bomb on that housing question.

 

[Cyberbrain]

he KILLED the foreign policy question by calling other GOP candidates ISOLATIONISTS - something we've been wanting him to do for a while

I almost forgot about that, that was so snazy turning it around like that, loved it.

 

[socal]

I gave him an A, but I muted the others when they were speaking, so maybe it would have been lower if I had listened to the whole debate.

 

[rb3b3]

I gave him an A, but I muted the others when they were speaking, so maybe it would have been lower if I had listened to the whole debate.

hahahaha i dvr all the debates and i start watching it from the beginning about an hour into it, this way i can fast foward through the other 3. lol glad someone else does the same thing lol

 

[CaptainAmerica]

A- because he didnt say NO to newt.

 

[Gary4Liberty]

Reminds me of shawshank redemption when morgan freeman comes before the parole board like 3 times and each time he says,"Oh yes, Im rehabilitated. Im a changed man. Im ready to be free" every 10 years he wants to get out of jail and be free. They say no "denied" every time. Finally, he goes before the parole board and they ask him why they should let him out of jail and he says "you know what, I really dont give a damn if you let me out or not" ... approved. Thats the guy we want that one on the end who the main thing isnt being president he just wants change. Thats the guy right there.

 

[Dr_SCN]

This is essential.

He can be a gentleman about it, but he needs to explain the source of inflation is monetizing debt to pay for wars and things like Medicare Part D that Newt so fervently defended tonight.

We all pay for the cost of government, I don't think people get this very well but could be wrong

None of them can bash medicare part D right now, they are in Florida, a state with a lot of retired people. To just go on and preach against medicare part D is probably suicide. That's my guess as to why no one did anyway...

 

[schiffheadbaby]

None of them can bash medicare part D right now, they are in Florida, a state with a lot of retired people. To just go on and preach against medicare part D is probably suicide. That's my guess as to why no one did anyway...

The campaign isn't going for Florida.

It's important to make these distinctions

 

[CableNewsJunkie]

Was gonna give a B+, but then I remembered his answer on the economy/housing/mortgages/fed/interest rates - which was awesome.
Plus, every other answer was just common sense. Truth to power!
A-

 

[undergroundrr]

A- because he didnt say NO to newt.

You know, I kind of wish he'd say, "The day I'm convinced that another electable candidate believes in the message I endorse - that government is there to protect the economic and personal liberty of every American citizen, is the day that I can quit campaigning, go home and spend time with my grandkids."

 

[Taco John]

Sorry. I'm giving it a C-.

I love Ron Paul, but how many times is he going to allow that "third party" question weaken his candidacy before he takes it to the media and uses their lack of integrity as a weapon against them the same way Newt does. Ron Paul's response to this question dignifies the question and weakens himself. He would be better served to use the question to demonstrate the journalists lack of integrity and then choose whatever topic he wants to spend his time on.

"I've answered this question several times, and it goes to the bias and lack of integrity in today's media environment that I'm here faced with it again. Mr. Journalist, you can find that answer with a simple Google search if you're so inclined to have it answered - in the meantime I'm going to use my time to talk about something that is of actual importance to the American debate right now - and that is (insert important "strength" issue here).

Ron Paul didn't strengthen his campaign tonight. He weakened it, and he weakens it further every time he dignifies this question with his canned response. He needs to use that question and turn it into an opportunity.

 

[Paul or not at all]

We should start grading the audience soon.

 

[mavtek]

A- he stumbled early, but his "what's a conservative moment" was brilliant!

 

[LibertyEagle]

Sorry. I'm giving it a C-.

I love Ron Paul, but how many times is he going to allow that "third party" question weaken his candidacy before he takes it to the media and uses their lack of integrity as a weapon against them the same way Newt does. Ron Paul's response to this question dignifies the question and weakens himself. He would be better served to use the question to demonstrate the journalists lack of integrity and then choose whatever topic he wants to spend his time on.

"I've answered this question several times, and it goes to the bias and lack of integrity in today's media environment that I'm here faced with it again. Mr. Journalist, you can find that answer with a simple Google search if you're so inclined to have it answered - in the meantime I'm going to use my time to talk about something that is of actual importance to the American debate right now - and that is (insert important "strength" issue here).

Ron Paul didn't strengthen his campaign tonight. He weakened it, and he weakens it further every time he dignifies this question with his canned response. He needs to use that question and turn it into an opportunity.

I agree with your suggestions here. When they ask him if he would support any of the other candidates, they are basically saying, you have no chance, Dr. Paul. He shouldn't answer these like they are valid questions, because it is like he is agreeing with them. They are intended to take power away from his candidacy.

 

[DogLover2113]

A- he stumbled early, but his "what's a conservative moment" was brilliant!

Oh yes, I forgot about that part. Maybe my B+ should have been an A. That was indeed brilliant.