GOP Debate
What a yawn. The answers were predictable. There really weren’t any sharp exchanges. Fred Thompson was either too old, too disinterested or too tired to raise his hand for or against Global Warming.
Here are the “highlights”.
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From McClatchy News:
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee emerged unscathed from a surprisingly docile debate Wednesday, as rivals passed on their last chance to challenge the new front-runner face to face before Iowa kicks off voting in three weeks for the Republican presidential nomination.
Huckabee appeared to benefit both from chief rival Mitt Romney’s refusal to criticize him in person, and from the debate moderator, who didn’t allow any interaction between candidates and cut off discussion when rivals went after each other.
Huckabee still faces criticism, particularly from a TV ad Romney started airing in Iowa this week accusing him of being soft on the children of illegal immigrants in Arkansas. (more…)
