I watched both the Republican and Democrat debate on Saturday night from New Hampshire.
Here is what I took away from it:
Hillary Clinton looks arrogant and mean. She kept repeating that she has "35 years experience trying to bring about change". 35 years, what the heck is she talking about. As far as I can see, she has no more experience than Obama or Edwards. She has been in the Senate for 7 years and before that, what publicly elected office did she hold??? Nothing else. Obama has been a senator for 4 years, but before this was an Illinois state senator for 8yrs. He actually has MORE experience in public office than her. Where is she getting this 35 year baloney from??
Edwards was a US senator for 6yrs., only 1 year less than Hillary. I wanted to yell at the TV,
HILLARY, WHAT 35 YEARS???
Edwards looked good and seemed to differentiate himself as the only one who would "Fight" against corporate greed and special interests. Saying that his fight came from deep within his heart, where Obama and Clinton "say" that they will fight corporate greed and special interests, BUT when opposition comes, since the fight is not deep within their heart, they will cave and do the "political thing" over the right thing.
Richardson seems to have his head stuck in the global warming cloud. He called Al Gore a "very smart man". No Richardson, Al Gore is a Scammer and trying to scare everyone with this global warming baloney. At 2% Richardson should drop out. It is too bad Kucinich was locked out of the debate.
On the Republican side, McCain and Romney got it on. Romney looked visibly irritated with McCain. The candidates had about a 30min. debate about what defines amnesty and what doesn't define amnesty. Hukabee did not join in on the mudslinging. Thompson, once again, looked like he really didn't want to be there. Ron Paul did a good job. But it looks as though Paul will only get about 10% in every State, unless people vote for who they Really like, not the "Pragmatic vote".
Duncan Hunter was locked out of the debate also. This is too bad. I like to hear ALL the candidates.
Giuliani looked OK, but his liberal social views will cost him (and rightly so) the Republican nomination, in my view.
I keep hearing many different people piling on Hukabee now, from Limbaugh to even Hannity.
This is because Limbaugh and Hannity are big time Corporate, country club Republicans who don't really care all that much about social issues and can't admit that Hukabee's populist message of being for the little guy and against corporate greed is working and connecting with lower to middle class conservative voters (I personally know a few social conservative Democrats that like Hukabee and are voting for him). The Republican party has been shrinking and it is because middle class people see the Enrons and many other corporations that forgo their pension obligations while the CEO rides off in the sunset with a HUGE compensation package, and they say "this is not right". This corporate greed and callous attitude towards its average workers is a chord that started with Pat Buchanan and is growing now within the Republican party. Friday night on Hannity on the radio, Hannity had Dick Morris explaining this very thing, and Hannity dismissed this. But Morris is RIGHT. The Republicans will not win in November with just the country club wing. It needs lower and middle class voters who tend to vote Democrat but are socially conservative (i.e. Pro-Life and Pro-traditional marriage). Hukabee (and Hunter and Paul) are going after these voters.
Next up, New Hampshire on Tuesday.
Jimbo
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