Romney, McCain, and Giuliani all preformed well. The round where the candidates were able to question each other worked out quite well (except for Paul's unsurprisingly odd question to McCain). As a Rudy supporter, I think he seemed much more involved and impressive than he has in previous recent debates; perhaps that's just due to the fact that I paid more attention to him tonight because he's running hard in Florida, perhaps because he really was a lot sharper tonight. McCain may have a legitimate gripe about not getting as much time as some others, particularly Romney, in the final potion of the debate.
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I'm not in love with any of the candidates, but I would be OK with McCain, Romney, or Huckabee. I will probably vote for the one I think most likely to give us a tax cut and cut spending (none of the above?) All have their flaws, but I would still prefer any of the three of them over Monica Lewinsky's ex-boyfriend's wife.
What is the appeal to Giuliani? I haven't been following the race closely at all, but when I see Rudy talking on TV, I am insulted by the number of times he mentions 9-11. Yes, we know you were president when the planes hit the tower already! There was a clip of Rudy talking about the economy, where he mentions that the GDP has fallen "between 9 and 11 percent" or something like that... I think it was "moment of zen" on the daily show. VERY funny.
Tom:
I admit that Rudy's numerous references to 9/11 are somewhat unbecoming. He also has a number of other significant faults. However, I believe that he has the leadership qualities and policy acumen to run the executive branch well. Moreover, I believe that he's the best of a fairly bad GOP field in this cycle. McCain seems to get his kicks on irritating conservatives (often needlessly, from a policy standpoint), and I worry that he would lead a major push for further campaign finance regulation. Romney still hasn't convinced me that he's anything but a simple political chameleon. I think that Huckabee and I diverge about as much on policy as is possible for two Republicans.
(And I'm somewhat surprised that you say you'd be more OK with Huckabee than with Giuliani.)
Huckabee is a little too "big government" for me but I like a lot of his positions on social issues. I worry Guiliani and maybe even Romney (who the fuck knows about him) would appoint supreme court justices I dislike. For all his faults, the justices Bush has put on SCOTUS look damn good. (harriet myers notwithstanding) I think Huckabee would mirror bush in his appointment patterns more than the other candidates
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