gop debate

Here are a couple of quotes by John McCain in the January 30 GOP debate:

"I think that we've got to return to the principle that you don't lend money that can't pay it back. I think that there's some greedy people on Wall Street that perhaps need to be punished."

This makes two debates in a row where Fred Thompson was by far the strongest candidate. What do you want to bet that after this snoozefest, Fred’s numbers actually go UP in Florida.

Okay, Rudy gets a consolation prize by virtue of the fact that the New York Times hates him so much, but myself and Stephen Green are probably the only ones still awake at that point . . . and Green probably won’t remember it by morning.

[UPDATE]:

Fred Thompson is out.

Ironically enough, it's too late to take him off the ballot in Tennessee, where he's a shoe-in. So, to whom will he release his delegates? Are we thinking John McCain?
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Heading into Michigan and South Carolina, and enjoying an uptick in interest and momentum following Thursday night’s GOP debate hosted at FOXNews, over the weekend the Thompson campaign released Fred’s plan to reduce Federal Spending. It’s not a particularly long read and it is thin on implementation. However, as a good overview on how Fred would address and approach spending and the budget process in general it’s quite good.

This article about how Ronbots were mobilizing against FoxNews caught my eye a week or so ago. Ron Paul's supporters are indeed impressive--for their idealism if not for their ingeniousness. That being said, unfortunately (for Paul's supporters), their candidate's message is not resonating with voters--despite respectable fundraising . . . despite tireless politicking by supporters.

Richardson pulls out.

Kerry backs Obama.

Thompson plays well in GOP debate in South Carolina.

Ace posts a must read. Every word. (Some are profane but not inappropriate when applied to Ron Paul.)

A short excerpt:

Mike Huckabee has apparently been less dismissive of Ron Paul than his fellow candidates. He is working right out of his playbook:

Most memorable moment of the Sunday night GOP debate thus far: After Fred had beens speaking about reforming Social Security for several moments including a lament that everyone in Washington was afraid to touch the issue even though all parties knew that the current system was unsustainable, the moderator then asked the rest of the Republican field if they wanted to weigh in on the issue. He might as well have been asking them which one of the candidates would volunteer to help unclog a ba

From Freeman Hunt (libertarian, former atheist, and a Fred Thompson supporter)