The Right’s Field (minus Ron Paul who was banned!) gets together in Manchester, New Hampshire for a roundtable with Chris Wallace. The debate starts shortly (at 8 PM Eastern).

You can watch the debate on t.v. or on Foxnews.com’s live stream.

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Chris Wallace says one of these men will be the Republican nominee. What about Ron Paul? What about Ron Paul?

2:40 in. Mitt Romney is the first to mention Ronald Reagan.

4:10 in. McCain mentions Ronald Reagan.

4:20 in. McCain mentions Reagan again.

John McCain again suggests that the Republicans lost the 2006 election because of spending.

Rudy lies about tax cutting.

Reagan again!

Romney says he’s from the real world.

I’d love to find that $1,000 operation he mentioned in last night’s debate!

Ol’ Freddie wakes from his slumber to ask Mike Huckabee (who was talking about the death tax), “You wanna get rid of death?”

It makes sense that someone who is 105 years old would be consumed by these thoughts.

Does taking someone off welfare mean they are out of poverty? Or “povety” as Rudy says?

Being mayor of New York makes you an expert in foreign policy because the UN is there. Right.

Fred Thompson is a great communicator like Reagan.

Mike Huckabee says “I don’t care what the rest of the world thinks.”

McCain lies about amnesty. “I never supported amnesty.”

He and Joe Lieberman both lied about this at a town hall meeting two days ago.

Mike Huckabee hates Mitt Romney. “You’re not the moderator, Mitt.”

Mike Huckabee commits Republican heresy, says even Ronald Reagan got things wrong.

I agree with Mitt Romney actually, that most of his ads were contrast ads.

Of course they were negative ads as well, because there are a lot of bad things the other candidates (and of course Romney himself) have done.

Rudy says the American people want a an optimistic president.

Does “Vote for me or die” constitute optimistic?

John McCain says “Ronald Reagan won the cold war.”

What a powerful, powerful man he must have been.

Rudy says “I’ve been tested.”

Does that include the test for crazy?

I think if I was someone watching this debate and seeing the candidates for the very first time, I would characterize the candidates as thus:

Giuliani-insane
Thompson-dumb
Huckabee-sincere
Romney-fake
McCain-old

The End. Please let me out of the “Fox Box.”

Good bye. Frank Luntz thinks you’re stupid.

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