2012 GOP Presidential Campaign -- "This individual's going to accuse me of an affair for an extended period of time."

I expect I will have to offer grief counseling to all my grade 6 students on Monday.

to me, too!

i am v sad about this.

I know this isn't easy. Anything worthwhile--President Newt--never is.

lol we're gonna have a president whose first name is newt.

HEY

December 3, 2011 Mike Huckabee Presidential Forum -- 8pm ET on Fox News
Location: Fox News Headquarters in New York City
Sponsor: Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and Fox News
Participants: Romney, Perry, Bachmann, Gingrich, Santorum, Paul all confirmed. Cain, Huntsman unconfirmed.

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man it would be so great if cain rushed the stage.

maybe mark block could pretend to hold him back as cain tried to reassert himself as the GOP's number-one-guy.

Choppy video, but the audio's fine:

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No one's supposed to "mention or attack other candidates." What's the point?!

yeah this format will be terrible.

• no direct engagement between candidates
• questioners who are really relentlessly promoting themselves (n.1)
• questioners who are not professional examiners.

(sorry, they are professional examiners; not professional journalists.)

already, this is a disgusting orgy of self-promotion.

wow i didn't know pam bondi was this awkwardly dense.

I don't know what to make of this thing. That's a relatively (in this context) tough beginning for Gingrich; maybe, in light of how much Huckabee despised Romney in '08, they'll go really hard at Romney.

newt's doing fine. two of these AG are bumbling and self-aggrandizing, and the other already unloaded his best question.

actually gingrich is doing well, and hitting on themes that the base will love (and coming-off as electable).

but now . . . the crazy judicial issues arise.

prediction: newt will do much better than romney in this format.

My feed's terrible. I feel like I've got Grandmaster Flash cutting up the audio. Hearing Newt say "I want to put them in jail" is not good.

i don't think that's what he said.

look, this format is awful, largely because of who is asking the questions. but for what it is, i think gingrich did very well. this plays to his strengths. he didn't say anything to disqualify him, he sounded conservative and coherent, and i think that will be the post-debate takeaway for him.

but grab your popcorn, cause crazy and romney are coming up next!

I want them to draw blood from Romney. I want them to break his kneecaps.

i understand why fox viewers think gingrich is intelligent bc compared to these examiners he is clearly much brighter. or as Sullivan said earlier today, he's what stupid people imagine smart people are like.

eh, i think you're undercrediting him. but he clearly overcredits himself, so . . .

ANNNNNNND, here's ricky.

the problem with santorum is that he comes off like a petulent teenager.

LOLGOP Pete Nicely -- If this felt any less important, I'd think I was watching Glenn Beck TV. #HuckForum

haha.

"The President was dealing with an insurrection." That's exactly like when Democrats tried the "The President was dealing with an erection" defense.

eh, i think you're undercrediting him

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oh, i misread your post. sorry.

also, i'm itching for a gingrich/obama general election, so . . . i'm bias.

"Values that undermine--excuse me, undergird our country..."--great!

why does ken whatshisnamevirginiaguy so anti-santorum?

why does pam bondi sound so dumb?

why is ken whats...

santorum could gain some momentum if he could calm down and not bite into questions so badly. he's a missed opportunity for the GOP, but his moment is gone.

LOLGOP Pete Nicely -- Rick Santorum is like your friend's friend you're interviewing for the job as a favor.

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LOLGOP Pete Nicely -- Looking at these state Attorney Generals compared to Rick Santorum makes you realize that these candidates are the best the GOP can do. #sad

lol

Hey, Santorum just made reference to his opponents. I cry foul.

sounds like they're saving mitt romney for last. lol.

at this point, no-one is taking perry serious. sad!

I came for the Newt, I stayed for the Mitt.

"Boots on the ground"--think I hate that almost as much as "game-changer."

"at the end of the day" it's just a cliche.

Josh Marshall agrees with you, Daniel: "Newt's campaign made sure to send 'Good Newt' tonight, pretty cool and polished, making good reference to his knowledge of the workings of the federal government without seeming pompous. I think if you're a Republican looking to be reassured that Newt's got his feet on the ground and himself under control, you probably think he's doing pretty well."

i actually am 70% of "newt's campaign." the remaining 30% are child-laborers who work for tiffany's.

Uh-oh--Rick's talking about which departments he'd eliminate. Red flag, red flag.

I love how he says "legisla-tors."

no one even believes he's still running for president, so . . .

the real issue here is which GOP candidate will scoop up perry's ad-maker (who is aces).

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low blow mike huckabee!

asking rick perry to define strict constructionism. shameful, gotcha question.

I hope they ask Mitt the favorite-founding-father question twice, right at the start and right at the end.

i hope for mitt, they bring out the props (e.g., video clips of his contrary prior positions, and copies of early editions of his books).

Mitt: "You already asked me that."
Panelist: "Just checking in..."

"Fundamentally"? Hey, copyright infringement!

this is a crazy-off of the highest-order.

"I can...I can come out in support of that." What a strange way to word that.