The Republican Debate

Last night on CNN the You Tube Republican debate took place. I thought that it was very interesting to watch and that all of the candidates made very well points-perhaps excluding Ron Paul. I noticed that this debate was different than the Democratic one, not just because it was a You Tube debate, but also because there were more questions asked that dealt with “smaller” topics, while it seems as if the Democratic debate only focused on the large topics and wedge topics. I personally thought that this debate was also much more exciting than the Democratic one- and I do not say this because I like the Republicans, this is what I genuinely think. There are four candidates that I was impressed with: Mike Huckabee, Mit Romney, John McCain, and Fred Thompson. I thought that they all made very good points and I was impressed with all of them.

Mike Huckabee gave some great answers, one dealing with if he believed every word in the Bible and also if he would accept the support of gays or lesbians. Mit Romney Always formulated his answers very well- though there was a few times where it seemed that he got nervous on questions that involved the fact that he used to support abortion- but he admitted that he was wrong. John McCain is very straightforward, and I like that a lot. He is completely against abortion and he got angry with Mit Romney for the way that he answered one of the questions dealing with torture saying that he cannot comprehend how America could act that way. And then there was Fred Thompson- it seemed that he said the right things at the right times- thus making the whole crowd laugh. He seems like a straight shooter and I loved his answer to the question about what type of guns he owns, which he replied he wasn’t going to say what type of guns he own and definitely not say where they are at. The topics of gun control, abortion, gays serving in the military, space exploration, Guantanamo Bay and other important issues were discussed. All together the Republican debate was a very interesting one.