Caught a brief, loaded question on global warming (something like, “Every scientist agrees that the world is heating up, the world is going to end, and it’s humanity’s fault. Do agree with these scientific facts?) handled well by Guiliani, even better by Romney, who turned it around into a national security question. Ron Paul squeezed in a mention of Mossadegh. I can’t wait for Ron to suggest that everyone read “www.logipundit.com” to find out more about American foreign policy.

Then I caught the last half hour. I hate town hall forums. Town hall is simply a format by which reporters screen out all questions except liberal and/or divisive questions.

Four questions in a row on health care. Guiliani and Romney answered these well. Duncan Hunter also provided a strong defense of pharmaceutical companies. 80% of new drugs are made in America. This helps out everyone in the world. Profits in the American market subsidize lower prices of drugs around the world. Socialized medicine allows countries to negotiate prices down, but those socialized countries (such as Spain) can’t produce life-extending drugs that we can. Because they have the apparatus to make cheap generics, they bully Big Pharma into providing cheaper medicine. Succinctly, Hunter made the same argument rather well.

Gilmore botched most of his answers.

Tancredo- Angry single issue guy, who seems to come from the John Birch wing of the party. I missed his early answers, but his statements about not encouraging bilingualism and totally restricting all immigration seemed to fit the cranky white male stereotype of the GOP. Much to the detriment of the party. Should drop out and endorse Hunter, who is far more knowledgeable and sensible.

Brownback- Angry pro-lifer, no charisma. Should support Huckabee and drop out.

Tommy Thompson has no business being here.

McCain looked old and tired. I watched Romney attack a question on energy policy with twenty different ideas, whereas McCain sounded tired and weary, and at a loss for words. It’s sad but time has passed for this man. He is totally right about limiting spending.

The Townhall question about Romney speaking Spanish was a total ankle-biting cheap shot, and Romney handled it beautifully. Would love to see a snarky question to Hillary about selling weapons to China for campaign contributions, but since Wolf Blitzer, and not JohnnyB, is moderator, this will not happen.

Duncan Hunter made a nice distinction between himself and the big three.

Ron Paul is not just a crank like the media make him out to be. Did he receive any questions on anything besides the war?

I liked Huckabee and I think
Romney, McCain, Guiliani, Huckabee, Hunter, and Paul are the only guys that have any business being there.

Probably the GOP is keeping around TThompson and Gilmore to dilute Paul’s time.

I don’t watch what liberal activists have to say about the GOP primary. Did Rush Limbaugh and Ken Mehlman provide commentary after the democrats debate?