The New Hampshire Debates, Again.

I don't care. Almost all leaders are liars. They tell the hard working people what we want to hear to get elected.

I don't watch the debates. I already have my candidates...nothing the others will say can change that. Ron Paul 2008!

Yes, George, I care. We should all care, but I suspect the early campaigning and the media coverage it is getting is turning off more potential voters than it is turning on and I fear that is going to have a negative effect on our nation's already poor voter turnout in both the primary and general elections.

I also do not see how it can have anything be a negative effect on the job performance of candidates who currently hold public office or have other job responsibilities.

There has to be both a better way of campaigning and the media covering it but what those ways may be I am at a loss to suggest at the moment.

I am just getting into watching debates. I enjoy seeing people talk on the topics that are important, and learning what they have to say. This is going to be one heck of an election. And yes, Europe is sounding delightful! :)

i don't like debates. they never give them enough time

Well RON PAUL walked away with another one. He has my vote. I'll vote for him in both the primary and the general election - GUARANTEED RON PAUL 2008

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I do care. But I think that many Americans do not. Many do not take the election process seriously.

It's hard to take the elections seriously with the electoral college.

I care but after a while it gets into mud slinging and it's ridiculous.

I want to care but ... I have lost faith in politicians. The way they can be influenced by money and greed is basically what turned me off. I do care about what happens in our country and I work to improve social issues.

I hate politics, but you go on and have fun.

I really think we should eliminate this nonsense, I mean a hundred years ago, there was no television, no radio, no airplanes, the candidates travelled by train town to town. I am certain we could do it more like England now. Give the candidates a month or two of television time for debates weekly and then everyone votes the same day. But then I guess, it would be hard on the candidates to actually think!

I missed last night's debate. I do believe this will be one of the more interesting elections in a long, long time.

Oh yeah, I care, George. But when I think of all the monies spent on campaigning and
all the places that money could be usefully spent. I get really high blood pressure. As a Nation we need to wake up, we're practically at the bottom of a large downhill slide.

I've gotten to where I don't like politics but I try to stay informed on the candidates anyway. I haven't paid much attention to the debates because I'm sure we'll get more next year. Whoever decided that the campaign should start a year earlier should be arrested.

I care, but not enough to sit through a debate. I want to read a couple of versions of it later. Like others, I don't have much respect for most politicians, but I do care about our nation.

Ron Paul may have had a technical win because someone out there had their text message on automatic redial somehow. Or a few people got together and kept on texting in votes over and over but he did "not" win the debate nor will he be elected.

I saw some of what Ron Paul had to say. I don't like it, his logic is flawed. He contends that the USA has no business having the military presence it has around the world and as a result we are asking for it.
This isolationist attitude seems to discount that this situation evolved as a by product of World War II.
If he is such a history major, he should know better.
The United States inherited policeman of the world status because we are a fair and just nation.

That is just the way it is , like it or not. The biggest and the best are always the target of those who have their own agendas.

By Ron Paul's standards, the United States would pack up and leave every place it has a military presence. What would happen to the world if we did just that?
How long before the North Koreans invade the South, how long before China takes back Taiwan. How many Eastern European countries are "reclaimed" by the former Soviet Union....
It all sounds great until you have to start thinking like a grownup in real terms.

I agree with you Keith, if you think that if we just leave everyone alone then they will leave us alone then your crazy! Especially from religious fanatics who want to kill everyone that is not just like them! One day we have to all grow up and realize that.

I like a few things Ron Paul has to say but to get rid of the CIA and FBI and whatever else he said we should get rid of is far out there and will leave our country unprotected!

MSNBC POLL - New Hampshire Presidential Debate

As of 9:10 PM PCT -

The syndicate - Looks like a close race, don't you think?

IQ 5r's - Yeh, Giuliani is in the lead!

No Brainers - Looks like Mitt Romney to me!

Human beings still having functioning minds and good eye sight - Hello Dr. Paul



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Cast your vote on the debate

Who stood out from the pack? * 40935 responses

Sam Brownback
0.9% Jim Gilmore
0.5%

Rudy Giuliani
7.6% Mike Huckabee
3.1%

Duncan Hunter
1% John McCain
5.2%

Ron Paul
70% Mitt Romney
7.6%

Tom Tancredo
2.4% Tommy Thompson
1.9%

Who showed the most leadership qualities? * 40583 responses

Sam Brownback
0.9% Jim Gilmore
0.7%

Rudy Giuliani
8.6% Mike Huckabee
2.4%

Duncan Hunter
1.2% John McCain
6.9%

Ron Paul
68% Mitt Romney
8.3%

Tom Tancredo
1.8% Tommy Thompson
1.7%

Who was the most convincing candidate? * 40398 responses

Sam Brownback
0.9% Jim Gilmore
0.7%

Rudy Giuliani
7.6% Mike Huckabee
3.1%

Duncan Hunter
1.1% John McCain
5.5%

Ron Paul
70% Mitt Romney
7.9%

Tom Tancredo
2% Tommy Thompson
1.7%

Who had the most rehearsed answers? * 39821 responses

Sam Brownback
2.1% Jim Gilmore
1%

Rudy Giuliani
40% Mike Huckabee
2.1%

Duncan Hunter
0.9% John McCain
19%

Ron Paul
8.1% Mitt Romney
22%

Tom Tancredo
1.3% Tommy Thompson
2.8%

Who avoided the questions? * 39529 responses

Sam Brownback
2.7% Jim Gilmore
1.6%

Rudy Giuliani
46% Mike Huckabee
1.9%

Duncan Hunter
1.2% John McCain
15%

Ron Paul
6.2% Mitt Romney
21%

Tom Tancredo
1.7% Tommy Thompson
2.8%

Who had the best one-liner? * 39088 responses

Sam Brownback
1.4% Jim Gilmore
1.2%

Rudy Giuliani
13% Mike Huckabee
6.3%

Duncan Hunter
1.7% John McCain
7.4%

Ron Paul
52% Mitt Romney
5.4%

Tom Tancredo
6.8% Tommy Thompson
5.1%

not watchin

I am lost

I am just tring to catch up....forgive me the cut and paste but I enjoy you sharing very much~~~~ 10

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You ignore politicians at your own risk. It like being a fish in the sea and ignoring the sharks that surround you. Watch them closely.

Sorry but the more I hear from Ron Paul, the more he sounds like the Democrats's resident kook, Mike Kucinich.
I don't like paying taxes like everyone else doesn't like paying taxes, but even if we were to drop the income tax and went to another tax system, we would still need the IRS to perform some level of function.
Get rid of the FBI? CIA? How about not passing laws that prohibit the sharing of information between the two agencies that have very different missions. Maybe then we could have had the FBI become aware of suspicious activities going on outside the country.
Ron Paul has made comments that sound so good to those who want to hear them, but in the real world will never happen and in some cases would be a disaster if they did.
Have your fun while you can, when we get to show time the real players will be on center stage.
Getting back to Fred, he seems a sincere man, I just don't think he is qualified, he hasn't had the duties of running a state or a city.
As far as Rudy goes, being Mayor of NYC is almost like being the President of a small country in its self.
Don't think so? Then you haven't actually been to NYC have you.

I have to agree with Keith Kalish and Marvel S. It would be nice to live in a world in which we could mind our own business and be safe....but we don't...thinking so is only like the ostrich sticking its head in the sand....come to think of it, I believe that's a myth...but you get the jist....

Thanks for the info.

I care. I too love debates. While it is true that there is a lot of mumbo-jumbo one has to sift through, I do find them very informative and often entertaining as well. Lately the Democrats, who were previously going out of their way to express a unanimous respect and admiration for each other, are beginning to make snide little remarks that are likely to turn into major barbs in no time at all. And I for one am glad there is such an abundance of candidates as I tend to be difficult to please where polititians are concerned. Perhaps it is because I am inclined to compare them with Franklin and Jefferson.