May 04, 2007
Hotline After Dark: Newt's Not Happy
There was a debate last night and here's the fallout:
Chicago Tribune's Zuckman: "The bottom line is that the top three are still the top three. Giuliani, McCain, Romney, nothing upset the apple cart tonight" (MSNBC, 5/1).
Tommy Thompson was on "Money & Politics" after the debate and was asked about his answer to the question of whether employers should be able to fire a worker if the worker was homosexual:
Thompson: "I did not hear the question properly. There should be no discrimination whatsoever in America. And nobody should be able to discriminate against any individual on sex or on their occupation. What I really meant to say and should have said more poignantly is that this should be left up to the states. States should have the opportunity of regulating individual hiring and firing. And it should not be a federal law at that particular point in time" (Bloomberg, 5/3).
Sam Brownback, asked if he thought he had a "fair shot" at getting his opinions out: "No, not really, but it's a long debate. And we're at the 1st of May, and there will be other chances to do it. I did think you saw clear differences start to come forward on basic issues, like life, taxes, some on foreign policy, not particularly much there, but hopefully that will develop as we move on forward in the campaign. It did go very fast. I thought, though, Chris did a nice job and the other moderators of trying to get as much coverage on a lot of topics as they could, in a short time frame" (MSNBC, 5/3).
Mike Huckabee: "With all of us vying for a moment in the sunshine ... it's a little difficult maybe to come away with some separation. ... We spent an enormous amount of time talking about a topic that really has very little separation among the 10 of us, that being Iraq, ... and we didn't get to spend as much time talking about issues that I really think could define us -- issues on the domestic front" ("Money & Politics," Bloomberg, 5/3).
WHY DEBATE WHEN YOU CAN GET YOUR OWN AIRTIME ON FOX?
Newt Gingrich was on "Hannity & Colmes":
On the GOP debate: "If anything would convince me to lean away from running, it was watching all of those guys with too little time, with too many Mickey Mouse questions from the reporters. It's exactly the wrong way to pick a president, and I think it doesn't help the country much."
More: "It's not a gauntlet. It's boring."
Gingrich: "If it weren't for my friendship with you two and my willingness to come on tonight and talk about this, I wouldn't even be talking about the debate tonight. I mean, I think that it is so absurd to have this much attention paid to an office that doesn't get filled until January of 2009, that I really think this is exactly the wrong model for this country" (FNC, 5/3). [EMILY GOODIN]
Posted at 08:36 AM
Comments
Top three were awful. We need Net in the race. He will easily win any debate. Ron Paul and Huckabee were very precise and clearly won the debate. McCain was too angry sounding, Giuliani was below average, Romney was just rhetoric and no substance.
Tim | 05.04.07 09:02 AM
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Newt, please jump into the race. The 10 dawrfs that we have right now are all useless. The top three are not real conservative.
TM | 05.04.07 09:14 AM
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Put a fork in Thompson.
goethean | 05.04.07 10:20 AM
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I've never said it before and I'll never say it again, but Gingrich is right.
goethean | 05.04.07 10:21 AM
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, Gingrich is a whiny loser.
Joe Justice | 05.04.07 11:59 AM
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Newt will be a perfect fit in this bunch of multiple-wives crowd.
NewtWho | 05.04.07 12:15 PM
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