Monday, January 16, 2012

South carolina debate

  • * Newt Gingrich:This was the former House Speaker's best debate of the entire race. With not all that much to lose, Gingrich let 'er rip tonight and had the exuberant crowd — more on that below — eating out of his hand.
  • (Washington Post)
  • Times reporters take a closer look at some of the statements made by the Republican presidential candidates during Monday night's debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
  • (New York Times Blogs)
  • It was sad to see Jon Huntsman leave the Presidential race this morning, because it means Stephen Colbert can't crow about his lead over Huntsman in at least one South Carolina poll.
  • (Entertainment Weekly)
  • Tonight five Republican candidates will meet in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to face off against one another at 9PM before Palmetto State voters cast their ballots on January 21st.
  • (Examiner)
  • K-Lo claims that the clip above will get watched and rewatched. Jeffrey Lord seems to agree: Tonight in South Carolina, Newt Gingrich began hitting them out of the park.
  • (Daily Beast)
  • The Republicans gathered for the South Carolina presidential debate in Myrtle Beach Monday night cheered and leapt to their feet when Newt Gingrich flatly dismissed any suggestion that his rhetoric is racially insensitive.
  • (TPM)
  • "They don't know America. They don't understand America. If all you think we need to do is cut government and reduce taxes, you don't understand America. America is a moral enterprise not an economic enterprise.
  • (FOX News)
  • Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney doubled down on Monday on his opposition to the DREAM Act, a bill that would aid undocumented young people and that is heavily supported by the Latino community.
  • (Huffington Post)

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