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In your opinion, who won the Iowa Republican Presidential Debate?

Michele Bachman (Minnesota)	0 votes - 0 %
Herman Cain (Georgia)	0 votes - 0 %
Newt Gingrich (Georgia)	0 votes - 0 %
Jon Huntsman (Utah)	0 votes - 0 %
Ron Paul (Texas)	7 votes - 100 %
Tim Pawlenty (Minnesota)	0 votes - 0 %
Mitt Romney (Massachusetts)	0 votes - 0 %
Rick Santorum (Pennsylvania)	0 votes - 0 %
hard to tell / no clear winner	0 votes - 0 %

7 Total Votes

August 2011 Ames, Iowa, Presidential Candidate Debate | 10 comments (10 topical, 0 hidden)

Based on what I'm seeing . . . (none / 0) (#1)
by Kevin Rex Heine on Sat Aug 13, 2011 at 11:06:53 AM EST

. . . on the results of both polls, either Ron Paul's really that good, or the paulbots are at it again.

Well.. by JGillman, 08/13/2011 01:44:47 PM EST (none / 0)

Not a chance. by Corinthian Scales, 08/13/2011 09:16:02 PM EST (none / 0)

Even if he did by jgillmanjr, 08/13/2011 10:43:50 PM EST (none / 0)

Ron Paul on foreign policy... by jgillmanjr, 08/13/2011 09:21:13 PM EST (none / 0)

However . . . by Kevin Rex Heine, 08/14/2011 03:58:02 PM EST (none / 0)

Fair enough by jgillmanjr, 08/14/2011 05:24:37 PM EST (none / 0)

With regard to the online polling . . . (none / 0) (#3)
by Kevin Rex Heine on Sat Aug 13, 2011 at 03:52:41 PM EST

. . . that took place during the Ames debate, I found the FOX News issue polls conducted "live online" to be somewhat fascinating:

Do you support a Balanced Budget Amendment?

Yes = 68%
No = 32%

Is Congress doing a good job?

Yes = 29%
No = 71%

Does the U.S. need to reform its tax code?

Yes = 80%
No = 20%

Do you believe we will see an increase in jobs over the next year?

Yes = 20%
No = 80%

Do you support tax increases?

Yes = 25%
No = 75%

Does the U.S. need to strengthen its borders?

Yes = 76%
No = 24%

Do you support amnesty for illegal immigrants?

Yes = 28%
No = 72%

Will the "supercommittee" be effective?

Yes = 11%
No = 89%

Should the new healthcare law be repealed?

Yes = 72%
No = 28%

Should the U.S. withdraw troops from Afghanistan?

Yes = 85%
No = 15%

Should the U.S. end its involvement in Libya?

Yes = 88%
No = 12%

Is the U.S. doing enough to fight radical extremists?

Yes = 53%
No = 47%

Is a candidate's religion important to you?

Yes = 47%
No = 53%

Do you support gay marriage?

Yes = 45%
No = 55%

Do you support spending cuts?

Yes = 86%
No = 14%

Those answers seem to be consistent with how I think most reasonable, fair-minded, conservative-republicans would answer. However, the candidate polls were just as interesting, if only for a different reason:

How is Michele Bachman doing?

Thumbs up = 43%
Thumbs down = 57%

How is Herman Cain doing?

Thumbs up = 66%
Thumbs down = 34%

How is Newt Gingrich doing?

Thumbs up = 62%
Thumbs down = 38%

How is Jon Huntsman doing?

Thumbs up = 26%
Thumbs down = 74%

How is Ron Paul doing?

Thumbs up = 69%
Thumbs down = 31%

How is Tim Pawlenty doing?

Thumbs up = 24%
Thumbs down = 76%

How is Mitt Romney doing?

Thumbs up = 27%
Thumbs down = 73%

How is Rick Santorum doing?

Thumbs up = 43%
Thumbs down = 57%

Now I don't know fore sure (on either the issue questions or the candidate questions) if those were the final numbers, because I really couldn't find any online record, at FOX News or elsewhere, of what the final answers were. But should I believe that only Cain, Gingrich, and Paul did a good job Thursday night? While I agree that Bachman, Huntsman, and Pawlenty did poorly, I really don't think that Santorum and Romney did all that badly. (Don't think that I support either one of them for the top of the ticket, because I don't, but in terms of actual debate performance . . . I don't think they did badly at all.)

Quite frankly, nothing about this debate changes my opinion about which candidate I'm going to support; but I don't think that "good performance" applies to just three of the eight participants.

The biggest loser of the whole debate? (none / 0) (#7)
by Corinthian Scales on Sun Aug 14, 2011 at 10:46:45 AM EST

FOX News. They've been going down the sh!tter for some time now with their championed registered Lefty creep and other assorted Lefty's Murdoch has recently chose to employ.

Obama good and Wallace to the rescue.

Double downs on Obama.

The Lefty Wallace potshot.

The walk back.

Another Lefty Wallace potshot.

Like Newt or not, he was spot-on correct on this. Wallace wasted my time with a zero value distraction.

FOX is slowly sinking among the usefulness of their other network competitors.

Heh, it wasn't just me... by Corinthian Scales, 09/29/2011 09:09:03 AM EST (none / 0)

August 2011 Ames, Iowa, Presidential Candidate Debate | 10 comments (10 topical, 0 hidden)

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