GOP Debate

I watched the GOP debate last night in New Hampshire. It coincided with our bi weekly Irvine Ron Paul Meetup so we ended up having a debate watching party. Our group is growing fast. We have almost 250 members now.

The news from yesterday was that Fred Thompson finally announced he was joining the Presidential race. Brit Hume started off the debate asking some of the candidates how Fred Thompson would change the race. I thought Dr. Paul had the most honest answer. He believes Sen. Thompson will further dilute the vote of the people that support the Iraq War. I'm with him on that. The more the merrier. Come on in Newt. We need more pro war candidates in the mix.

Fox News did an okay job with the coverage. The moderators asked some tough questions of Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani. I can't wait to hear Hugh Hewitt try to spin that Romney had a good night. He looked like a deer in the headlights when a voter dressed him down about Romney equating his sons work on his campaign to men and women serving in the military. That was a great debate moment.

The most compelling moment of the debate was an exchange between Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul about the Iraq War. Gov. Huckabee thinks we should keep staying over in Iraq even though in his words "we broke it and now we own it". Dr. Paul then responded..."The American people didn't go in. A few people advising this administration, a small number of people called the neoconservatives, hijacked our foreign policy. They are responsible, not the American people". This prompted Chris Wallace to ask Dr. Paul if he gets his marching orders from Al Qaeda. What a ridiculous question, but Dr. Paul had a great answer for him. He said that "I get my marching orders from the Constitution", YES! Awesome answer.



Once again Dr. Paul was the winner of the Fox News poll of who the audience thought won the debate. He took 33%. The next closest person was Gov. Huckabee at 18%.