Debate Mania

It was very clear that Fred Thompson came to the Michigan debate well prepared.  He comes away as the clear winner and did what needed to be done, let the lower tier candidates rip each other apart.

 

Watching Rudy and Romney challenging each others fiscal conservatism is like watching Hillary and Edwards argue who will cut taxes more, Rudy and Romney we’re perhaps the worst two on the stage last night at fiscal conservatism.  Romney increased spending a great deal as Governor and Rudy raised taxes and didn’t do much to reign in spending as Mayor.  I was actually funny to watch these two fight over something that neither of them are, fiscal conservatives.

 

So when do we start having standards in terms of who we see at these debates?  Seven or eight guys up there each trying for a 20 second sound bite that makes them sound good.  If we’re going to do these debates then fine get them down to two, three candidates max.  At this point these should be about Fred debating Rudy and if you want to include one of the second tier candidates, Romney or McCain then fine but the other four or five of these guys need to move on and get out of this race and support Fred or Rudy.