Tonight's Republican presidential debate is the first we've watched pretty much all the way through. It was more interesting than expected.
The Fox News team did a decent job asking questions (although we're still intrigued by the idea posed elsewhere of Newt Gingrich running the show).
• Up: John McCain, Rudy Giuliani & Mike Huckabee
• Down: Mitt Romney
• Holding: Fred Thompson
• Irrelevant: Duncan Hunter & Tom Tancredo, who should both go ahead and drop out.
• Way Out There: Ron Paul, who's increasingly obvious as a stereotypical Libertarian crank, misreading the Founders' intent, our national history and the world today. Please go home.
Best line of the night: McCain on Hillary Clinton and her support for the proposed $1 million in federal funds for an inane Woodstock Festival museum: "I wasn't there. I'm sure it was a cultural and pharmaceutical event. I was tied up at the time." McCain got a standing ovation from the GOP audience, and it was well-deserved.
Posted by Alan at October 21, 2007 09:57 PM