GOP Debate Rxn

Last night's GOP debate on MSNBC was nothing less then thrilling must see TV. With Fred Thompson now out of the picture, we were left with our five remaining candidates: Mitt Romney, John McCain, Rudy Guliani, Ron Paul, and Mike Huckabee. Of course nobody said anything novel or that we hadn't heard before from them, but it was entertaining none-the-less.

As much as I think that Ron Paul is a whackjob with terrible ideas on the majority of the issues, he was the only candidate with the cojones to stand up and say that the Iraq war was a bad idea and that is has not been worth the cost, both in blood and money. Perhaps the other four candidates really, truly, deep down inside, believe that the war was a good idea. Perhaps they are just pandering to what they think the base believes. I think that the base believes that the war was a stupid idea not worth ANY lives nor ANY money. But I may just be cynical. At any rate, Paul was right there and nowhere else.

Romney solidified his gun control position in my eyes. "I am not in favor of any new legislation." Good. That's the way is should be. He also scared many of us by pointing out that a Hilary victory means a Bill in the White House "with nothing to do." Think of the damage that could be done and the havoc that could be reeked. It was pretty funny, too.

Huckabee kinda faded into the background in this one. I don't think that he is gonna manage to pull out Florida, and he'll flop on Super Tuesday. Good bye, Mike. Not so nice knowin' ya. Chuck Norris did say (not in the debate, but it was brought up here...) that McCain would die in office because he is so old. hehehe :)

McCain stood right next to Guliani and started to steal his supporters. Talking about how good of a man he is and how good of friends they are and how he lead the country through 9/11 and blah, blah, blah. Translation: This guy's gonna loose; jump on my bandwagon. Standing right next to him... Mean.

Guliani actually did okay in my opinion. Nothing really sticks out in my mind, though. That means he wasn't memorable. He wasn't memorable good nor memorable bad. So he likely didn't loose votes, but he likely didn't pick any up, either.

The big winner was obviously Romney. He dominates on the economic issues if for no other reason than people believe that his background and training makes him the guy who knows and understands the most about what is going on and how to fix it. The man made millions for himself. Not everybody can do that. He obviously has some understanding the economy that most of the rest of us lack. Including the other candidates.

So here I sit. My vote has already been cast. Nothing more I can do. Waiting for Tuesday night to come. Waiting to see who gets the bump before Super Tuesday. Just waiting....