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Your Thoughts on January 5th NH Political Debate

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What did those of you who watched the NH political debate on January 5th think about what you heard from the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates? What did you think about the format used by Charles Gibson? Who do you think did the best job getting their message across? Did anything surprise you?

Feel free to share these or any other thoughts you had about the debate here...

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Chelle B    0

Chelle B
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What did those of you who watched the NH political debate on January 5th think about what you heard from the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates? What did you think about the format used by Charles Gibson? Who do you think did the best job getting their message across? Did anything surprise you?

Feel free to share these or any other thoughts you had about the debate here...

Romney was way cuter than I expected. That's all I can say for the Republican debate. :heh:

Edwards is trying to ride on Obama's coattails, and he should just drop out of the race - I think he is going for a VP slot. Obama was charismatic as always, and Hillary showed well as the more experienced statesman. The other guy is not even in the race.

I enjoyed the format.

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nicnaknut    0

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I love Hillary... She has been there done that and knows way more about making change than any of the others... She is so much more experienced and has a former President as her own personal consultant.... :P

Obama is a good guy, but I have a hard time putting someone in the Whitehouse with a name of Barack "Hussein" Obama..... It just doesn't seem right to me....

John Edwards is a nice guy also but, he didn't and hasn't held an office long enough to have the experience needed for the job and I really dread the thought of "on the job training" for our President of the United States...

None of the other Democratic candidates impress me and since I'm a Democrat, I'm not listening to any of the Republican debates...

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GreenChrysalis    1

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At times I thought Charles Gibson did not stay true to his attempts to let the candidates debate each other; at one point he seemed to be arguing.

I didn't watch most of the Republican debates. I did catch the Democrat debates. Nothing really surprised me, though. I am now sick of the phrase "agent of change." Obama struck me as a little stiff in comparison to the other three. I do think that Edwards was looking to align himself with either Obama or Clinton and he went with Obama (going for the VP slot if he doesn't do well in future primaries, perhaps?)

I really like Bill Richardson in a lot of ways, he has the most executive experience, but I don't think he has a chance. I would vote for any of the four, but right now I am pulling for Obama. As much as I would like to have a female president, I don't entirely like Clinton's record.

I consider myself independent, by the way.

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kity    2

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I am so tired of "change" and being an "agent of change". We are replacing an idiot after 8 LONG freakin years...I know there will be change. The are using a $5 word for a $2 concept. A rock would be a change. I don't like cocky...I like smarts. One is cocky and one is smart.

I really pray that after the last miserable 8 LONG freakin years; we get someone who is smart, passionate, and more importantly, vissionary in repairing what state our country is in now.

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