I missed most of the first half of the debate due to my daughter’s school program and am trying to multi-task [...]

The French election poses important consequences for both the European and American future…

They were asked questions like, “Would it be good for Bill Clinton to be back in the White House?” Puh-leeze. Why didn’t Chris Matthews just go ahead and ask the candidates when they stopped beating their wives?

Yeah, I missed it last night (I’ve watched parts of it, since).  It was pointless.  For two very important reasons: 1. In one hour, 10 guys get about 5 minutes each, which isn’t really enough time even for soundbites. 2….

Ok, as promised in Part IV, here’s the round-up of commentary from around the blogosphere. Unlike the four-part debate posts, this is a "live" post, and wasn’t written last night and time-stamped …

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FRED!
The clear winner last night was Ronald Reagan………but most don’t consider him a viable candidate in 2008
BUT….
According to the Quinnipiac Poll, Fred Thompson’s empty chair placed third.

Compared to Quinnipiac&#…

I couldn’t tune in to the debate last night, because I had play rehearsal. However, Michelle Malkin, John Hawkins and Sistah Toldjah are among those who did. Check out what they have to say. The consensus from what I’ve read…

[Hat tip - Michelle Malkin for the image] The first GOP debate is over, the elephants have given us their first walk-through, the candidates’ election teams are already checking their polling data, the talking heads are opining away like there’s no to…

I caught perhaps half an hour of last night’s so-called debate between Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, and eight other guys. I don’t feel deprived at not having seen the rest. The format was awful and the not unreasonable decision to include p…

As I watched the gaggle of Republican Presidential pretenders (for the most part – there are two who I could see with their hand on the bible taking the oath on the Capitol steps in January, 2009), I was struck by how truly bereft the GOP is of …

Malkin has a good roundup.
Too many!!! You don’t have a “debate” when there are 10 people on stage, IMO.
Isn’t a “debate” usually with either two teams, or two people?
Sistertoldjah: These questions are stupid!

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Priceless … Hotline On call reported Wednesday during the Republican debate that “small planes circling over the Reagan library” during the debate in protest, “were rented by Americans Against Escalation in Iraq.”
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Impressions of the first Republican presidential debate and notes from live blogging of the debate are at Sister Toldjah and Michelle Malkin, among other sites. Wizbang has more reaction to the debate. The consensus seems to be that the losers were Chr…

Graphic thanks to Rand
When I said I wasn’t going to pay attention – this soon – to the endless campaign, specifically the ‘08 presidential elections and their way-too-early and already-mind-numbing debates, I meant it.
There is good deb…

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