On Thursday night the debate at the Reagan Library was very revealing as to the true characters of the candidates running for Presidency:
Ron Paul- The Libertarian Republican running on a campaign of anti-war and pro-economic change was given very little attention and gave extremely short answers. When he was given the chance to give extended responses, he said his solution of pulling out of Iraq would eventually solve every problem in America.
Mike Huckabee- The former Baptist minister who is running on his slogan of Faith. Family. Freedom was given the cold shoulder during the entire debate along with his pleads for nore questions directed towards him. When he did get the chance to speak, he gave extended responses that pushed the time limit. What he focused on was that he would be the best leader as he was a former governor and knows how to be the official leader of a group of people unlike the senator and congressman.
John McCain- The Arizona senator who runs a campaign of amnesty and strong foreign policy that resembles one of an independent, (McCain Lieberman?) McCain who tried running against "W" in 2000 for President spent his turns of the debate repeating the fact that rival Romney supposedly was for timetables in Iraq. Needless to say even Anderson Cooper told McCain that his version of Romney's quote was wrong. After sparing with Romney, he attemted to focus the debate on his foriegn policy expirence.
Mitt Romney- The former Governor of Massachusetts, who is running on the campaign of being the most conservative of the group of canidates did well. While John McCain attacked him on false quotes, he stood his ground well on the truthfullness of quotes and his positions. Even when McCain interupted him and said false quotes, he did correct the issue well without seeming over-dominate. When he wasn't sparring with McCain, he focused on his strength of his economic positions and great leadership.
Ron Paul- The Libertarian Republican running on a campaign of anti-war and pro-economic change was given very little attention and gave extremely short answers. When he was given the chance to give extended responses, he said his solution of pulling out of Iraq would eventually solve every problem in America.
Mike Huckabee- The former Baptist minister who is running on his slogan of Faith. Family. Freedom was given the cold shoulder during the entire debate along with his pleads for nore questions directed towards him. When he did get the chance to speak, he gave extended responses that pushed the time limit. What he focused on was that he would be the best leader as he was a former governor and knows how to be the official leader of a group of people unlike the senator and congressman.
John McCain- The Arizona senator who runs a campaign of amnesty and strong foreign policy that resembles one of an independent, (McCain Lieberman?) McCain who tried running against "W" in 2000 for President spent his turns of the debate repeating the fact that rival Romney supposedly was for timetables in Iraq. Needless to say even Anderson Cooper told McCain that his version of Romney's quote was wrong. After sparing with Romney, he attemted to focus the debate on his foriegn policy expirence.
Mitt Romney- The former Governor of Massachusetts, who is running on the campaign of being the most conservative of the group of canidates did well. While John McCain attacked him on false quotes, he stood his ground well on the truthfullness of quotes and his positions. Even when McCain interupted him and said false quotes, he did correct the issue well without seeming over-dominate. When he wasn't sparring with McCain, he focused on his strength of his economic positions and great leadership.
The debate was basically pointless for every candidate. McCain threw false statements against Romney although repeating some of his good points later and had a successful run during the night. Romney was given the win by being able to defend himself against the false attacks and repeating his "Crushed Washington" campaign. Huckabee didn't get enough talking time to really have any impact, and Ron Paul was basically ignored.
This could have been a better debate but unfortunately... it wasn't. We do hope for an Anderson Cooper mediator for a future debate though.
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