Romney vs. Perry: The majority of the debate was back and forth between these two, conveniently situated center stage, with almost the entire first 15 minutes dedicated solely to them. Interestingly, Mitt Romney was afforded 11 minutes and 21 seconds of speaking time, while five other candidates clocked in under 9 minutes and 40 seconds. Check out more stats on the face time of each candidate (note: Perry is oddly excluded from the records).
· Best moments of the night....
o When Rick Perry appeared to forget Santorum’s name, referring to him as “the last individual”. Nice.
o When the camera first turned to Huntsman giving us the full effect of his golden tie and golden complexion, complimenting each other perfectly. Gotta love a good spray tan.
o When Herman Cain (by far the most entertaining candidate to listen to) introduced his 9-9-9 tax plan: "If 10 percent is good enough for God, 9 percent ought to be good enough for the federal government.”
o When Mitt Romney smiled. Every time I can’t help thinking he would make such a fantastic toothpaste ad.
o The amount of times the candidates quoted Reagan, using him as the clincher to their position. Newsflash: Reagan is not God; agreeing with him does not automatically guarantee you are right. Interesting things happen during the commercial breaks... Continuing their discussion off air, Perry got in Ron Paul's face. Notice Paul's body gaurd (left) standing ready.
Third in the polls, Bachmann seemed hardly present last night, one time even calling out “John, John,” to get the moderators’ attention. Which didn’t work by the way; she continued to remain invisible.
Third in the polls, Bachmann seemed hardly present last night, one time even calling out “John, John,” to get the moderators’ attention. Which didn’t work by the way; she continued to remain invisible.
o Salon.com’s War Room reported,“It was truly weird that the moderators ignored her in favor of hopeless cause (and liberal favorite) Jon Huntsman. Neglecting Bachmann does help the press create the "narrative" of her impending collapse now that Perry's in the race. But that's premature. We've got a year to watch Perry and Romney beat each other up; there's no reason to prematurely push everyone else out. Even if everyone else is laughable.”
· Hint for the candidates: we all know you are running against Obama. We all know you disagree with him *hint you’re a republican he is a democrat*. Ok, can we move on from there?
· And the winner is…. Surprising actually. Up on Drudge Report is the news that Ron Paul wins after-show poll. This may be more wishful thinking on the part of his fans, many of whom were irate at the agenda of the moderators.
o “1-1/2 hrs and Ron Paul gets 4 questions? What a joke. Apparently the moderators have already decided for themselves who the front runners are,” One frustrated viewer commented. Truly, it is interesting that they neglected to ask the one physician on stage a question about health care.
o Another said he voted for, “Ron Paul, even though you gave him almost zero time to speak and gave him questions designed to make him look like an idiot when you did.” Although I disagree that Ron Paul “won”; after watching the debate its hard not to sympathize with these commenters frustration.
· Did you miss the debate? Check out a minute by minute report detailing the nights events. Biased and slightly unfactual? Yes. Highly entertaining? Ohyes. I did watch most of the debate, and I still enjoyed reading this.
I followed a live blog the entire time and then actually watched it on my grandmother's DVR this afternoon. I hadn't watched any of the previous debates, so I didn't know what to expect and thoroughly enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteI thought Perry did a good job, seeing it was his first debate. He held his own and his best moments were 1) when he elaborated on Social Security's "monstrous lie" and 2) when he was questioned about his support of the death penalty. Herman Cain was awesome and solidifies my opinion that he and Perry should make the GOP ticket.
Huntsman looked foolish, I'm sorry. And although I agree with Paul on economic issues, he lost me when he said a US-Mexico border fence would be keeping us in. I was disappointed in that comment.
By the way, Rand Paul confirmed on Sean Hannity's show that Ron Paul and Rick Perry's apparent altercation was nothing more than "a friendly exchange." (http://freedomslighthouse.net/2011/09/08/sen-rand-paul-rick-perry-and-ron-paul-had-a-friendly-exchange-no-harsh-words-at-all-during-break-at-debate-video-9811/)
Well, I'm glad somebody enjoyed the debate! :) I found it mostly frustrating... although some of it definitely made me laugh.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm interested to hear.... What about Herman Cain do you find awesome? Obviously he has some economic credentials, but do you believe he has the experience necessary for the political office of vice president?
Also, thanks for the clarification on the Perry vs. Paul confrontation. Interesting.
It seems to me that the office of vice-president involves being an advocate of the president's policies (correct me if I'm wrong!). But it seems to me that Perry and Cain would compliment each other in a general election on the subject of jobs and the economy, and then could work together really well should they win the election itself. Cain would have the private sector know-how while Perry would have the governing expertise.
ReplyDeleteWell, you could be right about Perry and Cain... It will certainly be interesting to see how the whole thing turns out!
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