Mike Huckabee Wows Crowds at CNN YouTube Republican Debate

GOP Candidates Take Their Turn Taking Online Questions

By Tyler Mills, published Nov 29, 2007
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Rating: 4.6 of 5
When looking at the results of the CNN/YouTube Republican debate last night in order to tell who won the war of words on issues like abortion and immigration depends on which audience a particular candidate was playing for. The quibble between Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani seemed to be about trying to out maneuver one another as to who was tougher on illegal immigration in order to pick the GOP nomination.

The argument over who employed an illegal immigrant and who harbored illegal immigrants was a clear play to those who are worried about illegal immigrants committing crimes and receiving special privileges. While answers that Senator John McCain and Mike Huckabee gave as far as comprehensive reform and educational opportunities respectively are meant to appeal to a broader general election audience. On the issue of abortion Rudy Giuliani seemed to be purposely taking the center on this one by saying he would like to see the end of partial birth abortion access while not pledging to sign a bill that would ban all abortions. So on that answer Rudy was the one playing to the national audience.

Fred Thompson's YouTube ad that was aired during the debate was the most combative of the night. With it he questioned Governor Romney's credentials as a pro-life conservative by showing debate footage from 1994 where Romney expressed support for Roe V. Wade as he debated Ted Kennedy for the United States Senate. He also within the same advertisement questioned Mike Huckabee's credentials as a tax cutting conservative by showing footage of the former Governor not being opposed to surtax or a sales tax. I thought it was a very effective ad. The only question is whether or not GOP caucus/primary voters find Governor Romney's conversion on right to life issues to be genuine and whether they will dig deep enough to take issue with Huckabee's fiscal record in Arkansas. Other then that it seemed Senator Thompson did not have much pep to his step.

Mike Huckabee Wows Crowds at CNN YouTube Republican Debate
Date: November 28, 2007
Location:
St. Petersburg, FL  USA
Takeaways
  • Mitt Romney and John McCain are not gun owners
  • Ron Paul stayed on message.
  • Rudy tackled some of the social issues.
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You are getting rave reviews for this 1 Tyler. Good work! :) As for the debate itself, I do have 1 thing to say and get out there: I am very angry at the response John McCain is getting to the issue of torture. After all, John McCain went through torture when he was in the Vietnam war and it makes me extremely angry to see Romney actually jab McCain and any Republican really to jab McCain for his position on torture. Absolutely disgraceful since he was in Vietnam and was tortured! And these are the same idiots who say they like America too. That is obviously a myth since they don't stand for American values. But fabulous article Tyler!

Posted on 12/05/2007 at 8:12:00 AM

 
GOOD JOB! This'n's worth a 5 fo' sho!

Posted on 11/30/2007 at 5:11:00 PM

 
It is the same "dance" every 4 yrs. We pretend to care about immigration, healthcare, abortion, and taxes to test a candidate. As soon as that candidate is elected we don't hold them to that same standard.

Posted on 11/30/2007 at 4:11:00 AM

 
BTW, I like a lot of what Huckabee says. I think he's a great possibility, but as he is an evangelical minister, I don't see him getting the nod. If he does, that would be the same as handing the keys to the White House to Hillary right now. I think he's harmless, but I have a sneaky suspicion that my Lefty friends do not feel that same way.

Posted on 11/29/2007 at 7:11:00 PM

 
Whatcha mean Tyler? I heard a bunch of crows talking about the debates as I was driving home from work, and man them blackbirds loved Huckabee. So, what's the problem, Bro?LOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOL:)

Posted on 11/29/2007 at 7:11:00 PM

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