Thread: REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE 9PM MSNBC

Chris Matthews is interviewing most if not all of the Republican Presidential Candidates on Hardball. He said the Republican Presidential Debate will be broadcast at 9PM this evening on MSNBC.

If you would like to see what questions, if any, regarding illegal immigration are asked, please tune in. Fred Thompson makes his debate debut.

Psalm 32

Duncan Hunter is being interviewed now and says NO, he is not a FREE trader. It is not free, Hunter says China is cheating on trade.

Dubai getting 20% of Nasdaq. Candidates overall did not seem upset by this, but Hunter took an opposing view.

Rev. 1:1

Fred Thompson preaching his globalization....

As I understand from CNN reporting, there was little mention of illegal immigration during the debate, though the reporter noted the concern within the nation in regards to this issue.

Free Trade is getting much discussion however.

Psalm 91

GOP Debate: No Clear Winner, Romney and Paul Did Well Hugo Mann
Published 10/09/2007 - 8:34 p.m. EDT


Candidates sparred over economic and domestic issues and at times showing differences on the issue of trade and war.

CNBC fumbled on the debate allowing Giuliani and Romney much more time than the other candidates followed by Thompson and McCain, which was a disservice to the voters watching that actually were watching to hear what all of the candidates had to say.

It was most likely not the intent of the network, but the apparent favoritism with the amount of questions asked and the time allotted to certain candidates gave the impression that they were attempting to manipulate the results.




While the network seemed to reign in Chris Matthews since the last debate he is just way to partisan to be a debate moderator. It would be like having Pat Buchanan moderate a Democratic debate. The pundits serve a purpose but are not generally very good as moderators.

Most of the Republican’s failed to properly address the home mortgage crises which is the worst foreclosure crises since the great depression. Fred Thompson may have been an example of that when he answered his first question by saying, “There is no reason to believe we’re headed toward a recession’ and that the short term economic outlook is ‘rosy’ but that long term ‘we’re spending money we don’t have’.

Thompson said that with regards to Iraq, “the policy we’re now engaged in is a good oneâ€