Sunday, January 8, 2012

New Hampshire Debate

I know most people didn't watch the latest Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire but in case you did there were a few things that we learned over the course of the debate.
One was that, Romney is vulnerable and when challenged he can be forced into a corner without a way out. Out of all the candidates to challenge him and come out on top, it was Huntsman who ridiculed Romney for Romney's attacks against Huntsman for accepting to be ambassador to China under the Obama administration. Huntsman explained that he accepted the job because it was his duty to serve his country, just as it was his two boys job to serve under a Democratic president while serving in the United States Navy. He made the point that political affiliation is no excuse to refuse service to your country. However, Romney again fired back that because Huntsman had previously praised Obama that, that alone was enough to disqualify him for contension for the nomination. Romney also, seemed agitated when he had to defend an anti-Gingrich ad that told of Gingrich's former views on climate change, his political commercial with Nancy Pelosi and his "right-wing social engineering plan" comment when describing Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan.
Secondly, Gingrich and Paul are not going down without a fight. Throughout the debate they consistently attacked Romney as being nothing more than an average governor, who was elected because he took liberal approaches before and after becoming governor of Massachusetts. Romney remained unable to respond with a suitable answer to their allegations.
As the race is counting down to the New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries it appears that all the conservative candidates still have a fighting chance at giving Romney a run for his money. Santorum and Perry both were strong in last night's debate and if Gingrich can't gain traction expect Perry to overcome him in South Carolina. It is anybody's game at this point, whoever can deliver at the debates and soar at the right time has a chance of playing spoiler for Romney. Lets hope that these primaries won't be over after Florida and all of the United States has a chance to nominate a Republican candidate for once.     

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