What Will Happen in the Next Debate?

[DavyDuke17]

Obviously Ron Paul is not going to back down on his views that blowback was a cause of the world trade center attacks, and Giuliani knows that he cannot do the same thing as last time or Paul will throw it back into his face by citing the 9/11 commission report.

So what do you think will happen next debate on June 5th? Will another candidate try to confront Paul on this subject when it comes up?

Personally I bet that Giuliani, McCain, and Romney will not say anything this time, because it is to much of a risk for the top candidates. Instead they will stay silent and one of the second tier candidates will try to use it to get the crowd on his side like Giuliani did at the previous debate. However, this time Paul will be more than prepared and this time will really be able to open peoples minds and make whoever confronts him look like a fool.

Hopefully all of the candidates have to respond to this issue, and have to really answer Paul's suggestion rather than just calling it "absurd". How awesome will it be if they had a question like this, "The 9/11 commission report has suggested that one of the motives behind the world trade center attacks was our bombing and sanctions against Iraq, stationing of soldiers in Saudi Arabia, and our intervention in the Isreal-Palestine conflict. Yes or no, do you believe in the 9/11 commission report suggestion that our intervention in the Middle East was a cause of the 9/11 attacks?" .. and every candidate down the line had to answer it shortly. We should all email CNN and whoever is in charge and ask that this question be asked, after all it was the big topic from the last debate.

 

[Jeff556]

I think the top tier has learned that there is nothing to gain by attacking Ron Paul. Sure Rudy had his little momment but it was only a good moment for people who already supported him and it helped Ron Paul more then it hurt him.

 

[llamabread]

I don't think that any of the major candidates will even touch the issue. But, I think some of the 2nd tier guys might try to pull something like what Ron Paul did or Guliani, just to get the amount of press those two got after their incident. Hopefully this debate will allow Dr. Paul to express his views on the economy and immigration, which I think are two strong points for him. But however it turns out, I think that this debate will be his best one yet.

 

[tnvoter]

i bet you anything his opponents are praying they don't ask him anything at all Lol -- i dare them to ask him anything on immigration and the economy, or liberty at that.

 

[Phil M]

Worst Case Scenario: Paul goes on the offensive against Rudy, Rudy gets a chance to respond, then uses a prepared soundbite, gets tons of applause, Paul responds with a calm rational response, but no one cares.
Best Case Scenario: Paul goes on the offensive against Rudy, Rudy is caught off guard because he still thinks that he beat Ron last week and that he can handle anything, stumbles in his speech, Paul comes off looking great.

Whatever happens, I think that it will mean more media attention and coverage. What really will matter is if Ron can come off sounding polished and correct to the average viewer, because this will be the last debate for a while.

 

[MsDoodahs]

They can't touch him on foreign policy and they know it. Most americans AGREE with Dr. Paul on Iraq. Attacking him on that subject has driven up his poll numbers. They'd be insane fools to keep hammering that topic.

They'll take aim at him from some other side.

Abortion won't work.

My guess - they'll try to go against him on personal liberty.

I'm not sure how effective it will be.

 

[Gee]

My guess is they'll go back to ignoring him. They know he probably won't ever get enough name recognition to be a factor.

 

[Captain Shays]

they might try to attack him on marijuana and other drugs.They might try to attak him on 911 truth.
I do believe they will try to blind side him some how.

NO WAY do they let their prize horses get into it with him where his strengths are and chance being damaged in future fights.

 

[aravoth]

He's a friggan doctor, meaning : he has integral knowlage of the healthcare system, he knows what it is like in the trenches. You can't beat him on healthcare.

He served on the gold commission, and the house comittiee on financial services, he knows the economy better than anyone else, since he's had to deal with the fed directly. You can't beat him on the economy.

He served on the house committee on foreign affairs, and obviously rudy's comment backfired. You can't beat him on foreign policy.

He voted against the patriot act, and the military commissions act, and the Iraq war. You can't beat him on domestic privacy.

He probably knows the tax code better than anyone else. Can't beat him there.

He think the federal government has no business being involved with abortion issues. Leaving it up to the states. That could be a mixed bag, but it would garner the moderates.

Honestly I dunno what they could do to him. The war stance was all the ammo they had it seems. Since the blew up in thier faces, I dunno what they could throw at him.

 

[surf]

i predict: Rudy apologizes, takes back his call for a national id card, and and reverses field on "enhanced interrogation techniques."

McCain clarifies his comments on "the gates of hell," by saying, "well, actually i'd shoot him with a ray-gun before we got there."

Romney shows up with 2-day shadow, his hair is a bit grayer, and he forgets his cufflinks. Calls for closing Guantanamo.

 

[qednick]

I think Giuliani, McCain and Romney will suddenly announce they're now pro-life libertarians.

 

[angelatc]

I think it might be simple to derail Ron Paul a little, but I'm not going to post my thoughts about it, that's for sure!

I am just hoping that he actually gets invited to the nexr debate. I really think that the second tier candidates should be working together to be sure that nobody gets eliminated this early in the game.

 

[alastar]

I think that the debate will go fine for Dr. Paul. The biggest thing I'm worried about is his words getting twisted. It served to really help his popularity this time around, but next time the distinction between what he actually said and what was put into his mouth might not be so stark. And that could potentially hurt him, if we assume everyone has a = small attention span. On the other hand, if it is very stark, Ron Paul is just going to get another boom of popularity, one that can't possibly be ignored by the mainstream media. And that he needs to win the election.

Rudy won't apologize. The only thing he has going for him in the republican party IS the war on terror. He's being positioned as "America's Mayor", even though he endangered the health of a lot of people by having people go back to work only days after the attack. If he backs down on that, then he's a weak candidate, moreso that Romney (who flip flops) or McCain (who also flip flops). Either way, Ron Paul's claimed a victory over Rudy. He needs to tag the other two candidates and keep on pounding Rudy.

 

[Cunningham]

I think the CNN debate is going to be the best of the bunch.

He'll have two weeks to hear all the arguements being made against him. He's already fine tuned his arguement against Rudy. It's going to be a really fun thing to watch.

He's forcing his opponents to basically run against Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and the Constitution. It's gotta being giving the campaign managers for the other guys fits. It will be in the fall for sure.

I think you can really tell in the last debate and the recent interviews that Rep. Paul is really starting to believe that he can make this happen. He's more forceful in his message and delivery. I think he's really feeding off all the support and work people have been doing on the internet.

I'm hoping he gets a chance to put Rudy on the defensive. I'm also hoping he can bring up the North American Union, Immigration, and National ID cards. The recent Amnesty Bill has got people fired up.

 

[Phil M]

The best part about this debate is that Ron will be very confident. In the past two ones, his message was great as usual, but you could tell he was nervous, twiddling with his pen and the like. But after stuff like yesterday's fundraiser, he's going to go in with the knowledge that a more people are with him than ever before. That and having Wolf Blitzer as moderator will make this the best debate so far.

 

[Minuteman2008]

They can't touch him on foreign policy and they know it. Most americans AGREE with Dr. Paul on Iraq. Attacking him on that subject has driven up his poll numbers. They'd be insane fools to keep hammering that topic.

They'll take aim at him from some other side.

Abortion won't work.

My guess - they'll try to go against him on personal liberty.

I'm not sure how effective it will be.

The only thing they can attack him on is his stance on Iraq. Period. On every issue he is at least as conservative, or more so, than every candidate up on that stage. McCain and Giuliani have some major weaknesses outside of the Iraq debate; Paul has none.

 

[alastar]

Yeah, that's true. I forgot about that whole self-confidence factor. The man has the message, so all he needs is the will to make a miracle or two.

 

[Seth M.]

All asked about immigration
of course we know Congressman Pauls answer

But the others will try to incorporate a make everyone happy type of answer.. work with dems etc... keep it two party and make Ron look wacko hopefully he wont be the first one asked.. lol McCain will take the focal beam "hot seat" Paul could sever once and for all McCain right there and Giuliani also. The party is hoping to get Romney some points here.

Taxes has to come up... specific answers related to fuel consumption will be the party line... ie cut fuel cut taxes etc...

Environment. questions toward an Gore joke from someone.. no answers from anyone other than Ron Paul again making him look needy wanting it to bad.

Overall their only ammo is to emotionally manipulate the American people. So look for those type of responses, reactionary only on an internal way. And with media followup they will hope to hit home how "different" Paul is for not answering the same way.

here is a little of my clairvoyant abilities lol

 

[cruzin]

Next debate

New to the forum but long on Ron Paul. I think that we need to email and call cnn long before the 5th and right up to the 5th. To make sure that Ron gets his share of the questions. It seems that he did not get as much air time as the others.

 

[NMCB3]

They`re going to nail him on his economic plans, I`ve already heard rumblings from the neocons. They say his policy's for sound money are crazy and will tank the economy. Be prepared.