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Written by Mark Harris on May 3rd, 2007

1. Mitt won
2. Fred! won
3. Giuliani imploded esp on the whole faith issue

What say you STG readers?

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  1. May
    4
    12:44
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    Langley

    Giuliani did implode. He was challenged several times on the abortion issue and was shown to have an inconsistent answer.

    I don’t get the reasoning behind the “Mitt won” mentality. I wasn’t impressed at all. All he did was throw out as many buzzwords as possible without offering anything nearing inspiring or a good policy proposal. Building strong families, having optimism, blah blah, all that crap does nothing for me.

    And I hate to say it, but by the end of the night I was sick of hearing about Ronald Reagan. Especially from the posers on that stage.

  2. May
    4
    1:31
    AM
    Joseph T McCarthy

    They came off a lot more optimistic than you do.

  3. May
    4
    7:26
    AM
    Holly

    Langley, I understand what you’re saying, but the posters of STG are quite a bit different from Joe and Jane Average because we actually care about the candidate’s message. The sad truth is that most people simply don’t.

    The reason Mitt Romney is seen as doing so well is because he presented himself well, coming off sounding upbeat and articulate. Yes, he used buzzwords. Yes, he avoided talking specifics. Yes, when the transcript is read, there might be some red flags that come up.

    But Americans tend to chose a president on the candidate’s likability factor. Mitt Romney won the debate without opening his mouth. As has been pointed out many times, he was optimistic. He speaks well. Most importantly, he looks good on camera. All he had to do was show up and smile, and that’s when he won most of the audience over. He could have talked about selling all our oil supplies to China, and it would’ve gone right over people’s heads.

    Humans are very superficial. Appearances mean a lot, and most people make up their mind about whether or not they like a person within the first few seconds. That’s how Mitt Romney won.

  4. May
    4
    7:48
    AM
    Langley

    Fair enough, Holly. I will agree that on a purely star-power, subjective level, I was attracted to Romney last night.

    He has the charisma and likeability factor, but beyond that is as much of a politician as the rest of ‘em. Which is why I’m so fiercely on the Fred Thompson bandwagon, because he is someone who can come across as friendly and straight-forward, and holds truly conservative and sensible positions to boot (imagine that).

  5. May
    4
    8:18
    AM
    Holly

    I, too, am a Fred Thompson supporter, so I understand you completely. I’m just pointing out what the general public seemed to get from the debate last night and why.

    Bloggers and those who follow politics aren’t always the best indicator of how the public perceives stuff. Darn us for actually paying attention. ;-)

  6. May
    4
    10:26
    AM
    DavidShiffman

    I actually watched the whole debate, as I did with the Democratic debate.

    I agree that Mitt Romney had the most charisma, but he really didn’t say anything.

    Things that annoyed me:

    Sam Brownback referred to the Biden Plan for Iraq (partition into three ethnic states) as if it was his own idea.

    One of the unimportant candidates (i.e. not a frontrunner) did not now the exact number of troops killed in Iraq and acted as if this was not an important thing for a commander in chief to know.

    When asked “does anyone here not believe in evolution”, several candidates enthusiastically raised their hands. They almost have me paying attention to their views and then they pull some crazy crap like this.

    Tancredo said that the day Roe V. Wade is repealed will be “the greatest day” for America. First of all, court cases are overturned and not repealed. Secondly, though many Americans believe abortion to be an important issue, I seriously doubt that very many consider it to be the most important issue.

    Tommy Thompson said that it would be ok for a company to fire someone for being gay, but didn’t bother to clarify that this is because he believes that the government shouldn’t regulate business very much. This leaves the reasoning behind his comment open to interpretation, allowing Democrats to think it’s because he hates gays. This is simply a bad P.R. move.

    When Romney said something the lines of “it doesn’t matter what specific church a candidate belongs to”, he looked the most nervous of the entire debate. Does he really think that people don’t like him because he’s Mormon?

  7. May
    4
    12:46
    PM
    Bob_Cornelius

    Best Performers:

    Substance: McCain ( minus the Stem Cell stuff)
    Delivery: Romney & Gilmore

    Worst Performers: Giuliani and Paul

    I agree with Newt Gingrich that the stances the candidates took last night may not jive with what may be happening in 6-10 months, both in the War on Terrorism, in Iraq and in our own Country. I’m not sure I like the Presidential race starting out this early, but I will be watching regardless.

  8. May
    4
    1:48
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    rightwingprof

    I couldn’t take it seriously, with all the amazingly idiotic questions. What do you dislike most about America? What would you do about bishops refusing communion to pro-abortion politicians? It was embarrassing.

  9. May
    4
    2:56
    PM
    Holly

    “Should Bill Clinton be in the White House?” or whatever the exact wording was made the top of my Most Stupid list.

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