The Official Des Moines Register/ABC News/Yahoo Iowa GOP Debate Thread

[CLARENCE 2015!]

AMazing debate so far....

[Dereich]

Ok, I'm watching this with a huge group of people and can hear nothing, but it looks like Romney is tearing things up. True/false?

[Ⓐnarchy in the ☭☭☭P!]

Quite a while back, we had the "grunting moderator" who said "UH UH UH" every time the candidates talked.

Now, we have the "mumbling moderator". "mumblemumble stick to the rules mumblemumble we agreed to mumblemumble blahblahblah changing topics mumblemumble"

[RogueBeaver]

Ok, I'm watching this with a huge group of people and can hear nothing, but it looks like Romney is tearing things up. True/false?

He's doing decently, but hardly dominating.

[retromike22]

lol they're showing a commercial with Fred Thompson advocating government insurance

[ilikeverin]

Michele Bachman is prö-gröwth.

She's quite Northern Cities shifted, too, which is a jarring juxtaposition.  Essentially she can't decide whether she's a trendy city girl or a good öld fashioned Minnesötan.

[cavalcade]

Ok, I'm watching this with a huge group of people and can hear nothing, but it looks like Romney is tearing things up. True/false?

Romney's doing good but not great.  Newt is doing good but the kitchen sink has been thrown at him.

[Averroës Nix]

Romney has had two terrible moments: "You lost to Teddy Kennedy," and "Let's make a bet"

[NVGonzalez]

I love this debate.

[CLARENCE 2015!]

I believe these are the best moderators yet... they do not try to become part of the action or act like candidates

[Averroës Nix]

I believe these are the best moderators yet... they do not try to become part of the action or act like candidates

Sawyer talks too much.

[cavalcade]

And now they go to family...moderators really want to take down Newt.

[ilikeverin]

YESSS FAMILY VALUES \O/

And going right for marital fidelity!  Snap!

[CLARENCE 2015!]

Marital fidelity... damn

[CLARENCE 2015!]

Nevermind... these moderators are asking leading questions, trying to bash Newt

[NVGonzalez]

Faith and family? This is going to get even better.

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

Mitt has said some good things but the gang of Ricks and Michelle are taking a chunk out of Mitt Romney.

[cavalcade]

Newt just gave Perry a death stare.

[NVGonzalez]

Look at Newt's face. It is priceless.

[Torie]

Mittens knows how to defend himself,, and managed to mention Newt's moon adventure. He also did well in saying he wanted to focus tax relief on the middle class, rather than zero out capital gains taxes for those "above" that station ala Newt. The debate is good because the mods don't say much, and are asking questions that induce the candidates to try to distinguish themselves.  Bachmann keeps having these nice little talking points, but then she gilds the lilly, and gets out on a thin branch, which is then easily cut off. Perry is actually getting reasonably coherent in his superficial way.  If he had started out this way, and then got better ... ? Santorum is having a good night.

All in all, so far,  Mittens must be rather suffused with joy.

[M]

Suddenly grumpy old man is coming out over jolly uncle. Let's see what he says.

[Averroës Nix]

I liked Paul's response to this a lot, at least most of it.

[M]

I liked Paul's response to this a lot, at least most of it.

Me too, showed his human side. He's hard not to like as a human being, whatever you think of his policies.

[M]

Did Michele just use the royal we??

[NVGonzalez]

Marcus makes my gaydar go insanely overloaded.