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Lionessa

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8. No way, it's been way too eye opening for moderate Republicans to see who is running their

Reply to Raven (Original post)

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 05:35 PM

Jan 2012

primaries and determining their future. As much as I'm not happy with Obama, I'm thrilled with anything that will make a reasonable Republican jump ship. It was similar shit in 2000 that convinced me that any party that would have GWB as their candidate could do without me, and I've never voted Republican anything since.

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I say NO audiences at Presidential debates. [View all] Raven Jan 2012 OP

and I say drop the media and have real debates the way Lincoln & Douglas did it WI_DEM Jan 2012 #1

An even better idea! n/t Raven Jan 2012 #5

Excellent suggestion. ChazII Jan 2012 #6

OK with me. elleng Jan 2012 #2

A quiet room? Atman Jan 2012 #3

Gingrich was doing stand up and feeding off the audience NAO Jan 2012 #4

Agree! Little Star Jan 2012 #7

No way, it's been way too eye opening for moderate Republicans to see who is running their Lionessa Jan 2012 #8

I never understood, provis99 Jan 2012 #9

It's like a laugh track on a tv show. xfundy Jan 2012 #10

It's to mimic a Town Meeting. immoderate Jan 2012 #11