Tuesday, May 8, 2007

GOP Debate analysis

Dick Morris must have been watching a different debate last week, how else could he have come to the conclusion that anyone other than Mitt Romney came out on top. The headline for 2 of his columns on his website read "MSNBC, Politico biased against Rudy in GOP Debate" and "John McCain wins first GOP Debate, but MSNBC shows anti-Guiliani bias".

Here is the problem I have with Morris' arguments. First, he complained that Romney was first in line to answer questions - but as announced at the beginning of the debate, the order of the debaters was decided randomly. Second, Morris' argument of the anti-Giuliani bias implies the left-wing (Chris Matthews and MSNBC hosted this debate) would most fear a Giuliani nomination. I believe it is obvious, and becoming even more so everyday, that Romney would pose the greatest threat to the Democratic party placing the next president of the United States, not Rudy Giuliani. Guiliani is too centered on social issues (which came out clearly during the debate) and would lose many voters to the Democratic nominee.

Please, don't take my word for it though, check out the video below evidencing the overwhelming sentiment that Romney came out on top of this first debate -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpzTO4xX5m4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYtt9aOOS5c

Also, Nina Easton, a Fox News Contributor, was not real high on Romney's performance when analyzing the debate, but honestly admitted that her husband was an advisor to the John McCain campaign.

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