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Teh One Who Knocks
11-23-2011, 01:36 PM
By Amy Walter - ABC News


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Analysis from ABC News Political Director Amy Walter:

Losers:

Herman Cain: He didn’t have a 53-second brain freeze, but it was also clear that he was out of his element. His answers to questions on foreign policy were vague and showed a thin understanding of these issues.

9-9-9: This may be the first time at a Republican debate that the economic slogan didn’t get mentioned – not in German or Spanish and not by any of the candidates, including Herman Cain.

Journalists as Questioners: The debate was shown on CNN and was hosted by Wolf Blitzer. But every question came from a person associated with conservative think tanks American Enterprise Institute and Heritage Foundation, including from former Bush administration official Paul Wolfowitz and former Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney David Addington.

Leon Panetta: Perry thinks he should resign in protest of President Obama’s declaration that he’ll veto any attempt at reducing the automatic cuts to the military budget

Winners:

Newt: The new front-runner got to show his foreign policy chops and avoided any of the attacks that normally come with a rise in the polls. But will his position on amnesty for illegal immigration cause him some troubles among conservatives down the road?

“I don’t see how the party that says it’s the party of the family is going to adopt an immigration policy which destroys families that have been here a quarter century. And I’m prepared to take the heat for saying let’s be humane in enforcing the law without giving them citizenship but by finding a way to create legality so that they are not separated from their families.”

President Obama: For the first time in a long time, the president didn’t take much oncoming fire from his GOP opponents.

RBP
11-23-2011, 02:24 PM
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Acid Trip
11-23-2011, 03:19 PM
I hate Newt. His stance on the Patriot Act and amnesty for illegals make me sick.

Muddy
11-23-2011, 03:23 PM
He's just your typical career politician... No different than the rest..

FBD
11-23-2011, 05:26 PM
yeah, that bugs me about Newt also - where have we seen a politician before who knows exactly what his audience wants to hear, and nails most of them...

wrt amnesty...the long termers...how do you get around saying anything about them without offending the shit out of a bunch of people? not going to have a lot of support for the fk you, get out since you came here illegally for people that have already been here 25 years.