Dirty Harry’s Place…

Who can stop this? 

LAST POINT: Going after Hillary is going to become a problem come general election time, frankly because she’s a woman. If you remember she’s a Senator today because during her first Senate debate her male opponent approached her at the podium.

Huckabee isn’t the kind of guy who can come off as all that harsh criticizing a woman because even though his barbs are as good as the others, he has a much more gentle nature. This will matter a lot come the general election and Hillary could win sympathy points just because Mitt, Rudy, or Fred are more strident.

This is another good reason for me to think seriously about Huckabee.

UPDATE: Welcome Instapundit readers. Hope you’ll look around and think about making a return visit…  And thank you, Glenn.

WRAPUP: How did they do? The winner is who does himself the most good and that was Huckabee. He registered with me for the first time and his folksiness would contrast well with Hillary. Fred isn’t ramping it up. Rudy and Mitt were Rudy and Mitt. Ron Paul remains a lunatic and I can’t remember the other guy’s names.

Overall, I feel better about our field. Not thrilled, but better.  

6:30 — Tough question for Fred. “Some people think your lazy, sir. How do you answer that?” Fred responds with his bio. I get the point, but come on… It’s about the campaign.

6:27 — The Iran question is a simple one: Would you rather go to war with Iran or have a nuclear Iran?

6:26 — Ron Paul again. Well, he is right about the spending.

6:23 — Ron Paul’s at it again. You know, fine, he’s opposed to Iraq, but does he need to go on about it like a Kos kid? How is this helpful? It’s not that he opposed the war — it was reasonable to oppose the war — but he goes on about sounding like the worst kind of Democrat.

6:22 — Shot at Pelosi… Taken!! Tancredo jumps in.

I only have one question for Nancy Pelosi: “Traitor says what…?”

6:20 — Fred’s talking Turkey. Of course, Turkey has a right to defend themselves. Personally, I think this is an excellent time to take a shot at Pelosi.

6:19 — Rudy’s showing off naming a lot of obscure countries. We get it Rudy, now how many terrorists are you going to kill?

6:17 — Interesting the concern over Putin. STAR WARS WORKS!!! Thank you for reminding us of that whoever you are…!!

6:15 — When McCain looked in Putin’s eyes he saw three letters: KGB. Good line and thank heaven we’re finally back to foreign policy. 

6:12 — As an undecided voter these debates don’t help and that’s because there’s too many of these guys up there. Some media group has to be willing to take the whining and limith these to McCain, Giuliani, Romney, Thompson, and Huckabee. And McCain is a maybe.

6:10 — Social Security to illegals? How does this stuff happen. Tancredo is all border all the time. I wonder how much better McCain would be doing if he was right on the border.

6:09 — Who’s this Hunter guy again?

6:07 — Try to imagine Ron Paul in short pants crying, “He stole my lunch money…” You can, can’t you?

6:05 — Mitt says Democrats love America. I agree with that. There’s Joe Lieberman and… And… Uhm…

6:04 — Mitt and Rudy on social security. Pee break!

6:00 — Is Fred talking? I got distracted by something shiny after I heard something about social security.

5:59 — The Mighty Brit Hume has a question. Brit Hume is a national treasure. May he live forever.

5:58 — Somebody please beat up Ron Paul for his lunch money.

5:56 — Fred nails it: The Democrats will take us down the road to mediocrity.

5:54 — Huckabee is absolutely right — there is nothing funny about Hillary. This man just jumped in my esteem. Stop with the applause lines and jokes and talk policy.

5:51 — Hillary’s opposition to the surge — even now that it’s working — is a major achilles heel, and McCain talks about spending.

5:49 — Rudy responds to the question with one-liners. How can you beat her if you can’t answer that question.

5:47 — Is Hillary prepared to be Commander-in Chief? And how does Romney respond — he talks about private enterprise. Wallace gives Romney another chance and he can’t answer the question. This will be THE question during the general election and he can’t answer it.

5:45 — Lions For Lambs commercial during a Republican debate? Just flush it down the toilet , boys. Just flush it down the toilet.

5:42 — Commercial break. Cialis commercial. Who needs Cialis when you got the chick in the Cialis commercial.

5:40 — Teachers hated Rudy? Oh, he’s got my vote.

5:39 — Fred on No Child Left Behind… ZZZzzzz…..

5:37 — Trashing hippies and Michael Moore. Oh, yeah, I’m in the right party…

5:37 — 50 million uninsured…. ZZZzzzzz….

5:35 — Healthcare, education, children…. Are we gonna start about talking about killing Muslim extremists anytime soon…?

5:33 — Who’s Congressman Hunter again?

5:31 — Mitt fixed the Superman-hair thing. Big mistake. When he looks back at why he lost he’ll see it all started here.

5:31 — I’ll vote for whoever beats up Ron Paul for his lunch money.

5:28 — Questions on heathcare and education? Wendell, love ya, but we’re Republicans. We don’t care about healthcare and education. My answer: “That’s a state issue. Ask me why Hillary scares me.”

5:27 — Nice speech by Hunter, but really… Can we get on with this?

5:26 — Congressman Hunter? I’ve never even heard of him. Go away. Go away. Go away.

5:23 — Why is Tancredo there? Why doesn’t he just send his ego? It’s not that I don’t like the guy, but he can’t win.

5:22 — Huckabee just turned Wallace and Camerons questions that were intentionally designed to start a fight against his opponents. That was nice work. Very passive aggressive.

5:20 — Gay mariage = total winner for us. We need more transvestites getting trying to get communion.

5:19 — Carl Cameron looks like he could kick Ron Paul’s butt — how’s that for how wimpy Ron Paul is?

5:18 — Excellent questions thus far. All the candidates are doing well. Fred especially. He laid some blows on Rudy. McCain is a little sober and he’s getting lost in the energy.

5:17 — Ron Paul looks like that kid we all beat up back in school.

5:08 — Rudy fires back. Trial lawyers…Abortion. Abortion…Trial lawyers… Tough year for us… Tough year.

5:07 — Fred’s gets some laughs. Someone on his staff hid the decaf.

5:05 — Digging Mitt’s little hair-thingy hanging over his forehead. Kinda like Superman. Not recent Superman — gay Superman. But, you know…

5:05 — Bragging about driving pornography out of Times Square is now way to get my vote.

5:04 — Chris Wallace wants a fight. Asks them to engage. Now we’ll have to hear in the liberal media how they went negative.

5:03 — Too many of these guys. Too many egos with no shot.

5:02 — Like the applause when they announce the dead at the Oscars, does it matter?

5:00 — What did that mean? Fox News first in Florida? First to call Florida for Gore in 2007?

4:57 — Here we go. 90 minutes of the candidatges. Or, as I like to think about it: 90 whole minutes without a Fox News Alert!

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