USF Tampa Debate (1/23/12) NBC 9:00 pm ET Official Thread

[MrGoose]

last word , nice

 

[1000-points-of-fright]

They instructed the audience not to applaud or boo. something they should have done in the SC debates.

They shouldn't have any audiences at all. Saves time, less distraction, their performance would be graded on what they say and not the audience's reaction, and it would save money on venue rental. All you'd need is a small studio.

I would prefer a Charlie Rose show type format. Four guys and a moderator sitting around a table in a dark room.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

Yeah... good question for Ron...... the everglades....

Is that like the parking garage?

 

[XNavyNuke]

The whole point is to make everyone get a National ID. E-verify does this, basically.

Papieren Bitte!

 

[MadOdorMachine]

The last two questions they asked RP, they went straight to a commercial afterward, and they wouldn't let him respond to Santorum attacking him. They clearly are trying to marganalize him and he needs to be more agressive. He's never going to win against the media if he doesn't fight back.

 

[low preference guy]

Did Santorum suggest that he would give the Cubans "mountains of aid" once Castro is dead?

That's a freaking ad! Thanks Santorum! Endorse Liberty people, run with it!

 

[Bruno]

Brian Williams: "Ron, important question...if/when you run for 3rd party after you drop out, what kind of pizza will you order for your staff?"

 

[dfalken]

It is airing on my local affiliate station in Columbus, OH, but we are having some bad weather and my signal was cutting out... thank goodness for the stream.

I am wathching in El Salvador, Central America, not sure where our signal is coming from but the last 2 times Ron has spoken my signal has been cutting out as well.

 

[ZanZibar]

Make it stop... please make it stop... if there is a God in heaven... make it stop!

 

[kombayn]

It is not airing in Southern California.

It's on at 9pm pacific time so people can watch it primetime on NBC. I'm watching it on msnbc.com

 

[seawolf]

Thank God only one more debate this week and then we get 4 weeks off of this grap!!!

 

[falconplayer11]

What did Ron say about the Everglades? I'm not watching the debate, but a bunch of people on Twitter are saying he compromised his principles by endorsing federal funding for the Everglades.

 

[flightlesskiwi]

oh my.


REALLY????

 

[otherone]

Santorum: That's right, terrorists. We have intelligence that suggests that... Hitler... is plotting... with, with the Legion of Doom... to assassinate Jesus. Using Cuba as a base.

 

[green73]

Glad they're debating all the BIG ISSUES.

 

[SaulPaulinsky]

I would suggest that our new drinking game should be to do a shot every time Ron get's to speak, but frankly I'd like to actually drink.

I kept it simple.

Drink when Mitt or Gingrich attack each other about something stupid that no one but them cares about.

Drink when Brian Williams asks a leading question designed to foment conflict between the candidates.

Not playing myself, but told it's been worth about 5 beers so far.

 

[WD-NY]

From Andrew Sullivan's live blog:

http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/01/live-blogging-the-florida-nbc-debate.html

10.18 pm. A reader writes:

I used to think that Ron Paul's analogies regarding how "we" would feel if "they" did that to us were cliched and obvious, but they have really grown on me. His analogy regarding the Gulf of Mexico really opened my eyes. If someone set up a blockade in the Gulf, we would consider it an act of war and obliterate it immediately. The only reason we think that we can set up a blockade in foreign waters and say it is not an act of war is because the offended country wouldn't be stupid enough to retaliate against a military superpower. It's like the bully politely asking for the nerd's lunch money: the only reason the transaction takes place without a fight is because the nerd is smart enough to realize if he doesn't comply he will end up with a broken nose. But that doesn't mean the bully is practicing peaceful diplomacy.

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He's opened my eyes as well. Along with the reaction of the GOP establishment to his truths.

10.06 pm. A reader writes:

Newt is neutered without a crowd hungry for applause lines and visceral overstatement. Romney, in contrast, is clearly comfortable with the more formal flavor. And Paul is almost serene as Santorum fades into his own podium. A weird dynamic, indeed.
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[rubantin]

Brian Williams: "Ron, important question...if/when you run for 3rd party after you drop out, what kind of pizza will you order for your staff?"

I will defer that decision to Herman Cain

 

[socal]

It is not airing in Southern California.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032553/ns/politics/

 

[cucucachu0000]

he needs to answer a stupid wuetion with a newt type of answer " the world is going to hell in a hand basket and you ask me about this tiny program? i would overhaul the federal govt in all aspects this program is but a drop in the bucket"