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Open thread: Republican debate in Ames
Hot Air and Townhall are on the scene! Tonight, the Republican candidates for the presidential nomination — most of them, anyway — square off for a televised debate in Ames, Iowa, from the Stephens...
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Obamateurism of the Day
Good question. How amateurish was that stunt Barack Obama pulled with the jobs-speech demand for a joint session at the same time as the Republican debate? Even the news media wonders why anyone...
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Reagan debate leaves Perry, Romney in control
Bachmann fades. The first Republican debate with former frontrunner Mitt Romney as a hungry challenger took place last night, and in many ways it unfolded largely as I predicted. Romney mainly stuck...
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Obamateurism of the Day
Glass houses. Barack Obama wants to make political hay over a controversial moment at the last Republican debate: “You want to be commander-in-chief? You can start by standing up for the men and women...
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The Ed Morrissey Show: Andrew Malcolm
3 pm ET! Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), Andrew Malcolm joins us from his new perch at Investors Business Daily! The Prince of Twitter and I will discuss the changing media coverage of...
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The uselessness of NBC’s new poll release
Polling 101. The headline is a grabber: “GOP support for Perry plummets after debate flub.” The second takeaway from the latest NBC poll release also sounds explosive: After his flub at a Republican...
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Gingrich: Let’s face it, we shouldn’t be deporting illegals who have been...
“I’m prepared to take the heat for saying let’s be humane in enforcing the law.” Via Breitbart TV, the most buzzworthy answer of the night. Some people on Twitter thought it was a breakthrough on...
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Foreign-policy debate gives GOP voters a tough choice
Minefield? CNN hosted another Republican debate last night, partnering this time with the Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute to focus almost exclusively on foreign policy....
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CBS poll: 54% say Obama doesn’t deserve re-election
Priorities. News of the CBS poll dropped while I was driving yesterday evening to Des Moines to cover tonight’s Republican debate, and in looking at the figures this morning, the White House has to be...
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Breaking: CNN reports Perry to drop out today, will endorse Gingrich
Republican debate — party of four? CNN reports that Rick Perry will withdraw from the Republican presidential race today, based on information from two sources in the campaign. No one who followed...
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Should we have more debates in this primary cycle?
Take the poll! We have gone ten days without a Republican debate, and the estimable NRO writer Katrina Trinko is having withdrawal pains. Trinko argues in her USA Today column that we have not had...
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Are you ready for another Republican debate?
It’s on. Or is it? Pros: If it happens, it’s an effortless night of content for conservative bloggers everywhere. Cons: C’mon, it’s not happening. Really? The Republican Party of Texas is making plans...
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