Ames GOP debate and straw poll thread

I thought Gingrich was the dumbest thing to ever come out of Washington. What a tool he is.

Romney is squirming.

Gingrich is doing surprisingly well. The moderators should collectively jump off a cliff.

Paul started out a little on the shrill and rambling side, but is getting better as the debate goes on.

Paul is not the best debater or speaker. But his ideas are what makes him worth considering.

OK, really, moderators? You're going to waste time by asking all eight candidates about Rick Perry's announcement strategy?

They're talking about Perry, Palin and Giuliani, but so far, no acknowledgement whatsoever of Gary Johnson.

This shouldn't surprise you at all.

Wow. This sounds terrible! Glad I'm not watching.

CNN won't let me stream this live from Korea.

WEAK.

Good answer from Paul on foreign policy, despite the moderator's attempt to make him out as weak.

Sure, instead he looks like a fuckin nutjob.

Santorum's clearly pissed about the screen time inequity. He brought it up as a joke earlier, but now he's ticked off.

Why are they even bothering with the bell anymore?

Ah, it's the "kiss up to the religious right" section of the debate.

Probably because it's on Fox.

Debates are a waste of time anyway. Since Paul has no chance of getting the nomination, I watched the football game instead.

Meaningless debate vs. meaningless football game.

I got caught up on episodes of Louie, on FX. Good show!

Preseason football > political debates, anyway!

^I've relocated since last season, but I was a Giants fan since they sucked (fifteen years in a row, leading up to '86 championship, and 25 more years since then), and I found myself tonight in the very uncomfortable position of rooting for the hated Dallas. Shudder.

Oh, look, they just tied Denver. Yay.

Fox's "POST DEBATE SPIN ROOM" is literally Sean Hannity and two stiffs sitting at a card table jibbering about Reagan.

They actually said quite a lot.

You just tuned it out, or more probably don't like what you heard.

I tuned it out. Background noise while I read something.

Hey, I looked over and Michelle Bachman mentioned Reagan!

Looks like Obama is getting elected to a second term....

I was flying when it aired- I'm watching the repeat right now. Feisty!

Oh, and Pawlenty is a fucking worm.

I missed the rest of the debate after the first hour, watching it now... Romney looks like he's in a great deal of intestinal distress every time the camera is on him.

Santorum is... well, santorum.

Santorum is a temperamental douche.

What was the point of asking Cain the question about Mormonism? Seriously, the moderators are just making themselves look bad.