The Colorado River Tea Party group had a debate watch dinner party last night. It was great, about 100 people, and in spite of the fact that once again the debate is moderated by a liberal jerk who is intent on asking questions that make the candidates look like empty headed idiots, they did quite well, turned most of the questions into real issues.
I have been waiting for someone to take Santorum down a notch or two because of his serious big government creds. It happened last night, his backing of Specter against Toomy, the Tea Party candidate. Santorum also supported the bridge to nowhere, all the bailouts, Planned Parenthood, no child left behind, and he voted 5 times to raise the debt ceiling with no caveat to cut spending.
And his excuses were quite lame. Specter was a power broker who could influence judicial votes, no child was in support of Bush and the party, planned parenthood because it was part of a big spending bill that needed to pass. All of them credible reasons, but reasons that dug deep holes for him last night. His conservative creds are all based on social issues and we need someone who is serious about fiscal issues.
The other three all did well, although I wish they wouldn't let those liberal moderators trap them into focusing on non issues rather than talking about real problems. Gingrich was great on clarifying issues: "You're asking the wrong question." "The issue isn't that simple..." When the moderator posed a question that he said was complex, Gingrich said, "That's not complex. The answer is simple." He and Ron Paul were having some fun. Ron Paul was blunt as usual. Of Santorum he said, “Well, he’s a fake.” Romney was serious and on target.
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