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An Important Week for the 2012 GOP Field Begins Tonight at 7pm on CNN

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  June 13th, 2011 at 05:00 AM  | 

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The GOP’s New Hampshire Primary debate begins tonight at 8 p.m. ET. CNN is hosting the debate and you can watch it live there.

Beginning at 6pm, I’ll be doing a special debate preview on WSB Radio. At 7 p.m. tonight, I’ll be on CNN participating with CNN’s preview of the debate. WSB Radio will run with the CNN audio at that time. At 8 p.m., we’ll all tune to CNN to watch the debate and here at RedState we’ll have a live chat window so you guys can participate. I’ll also be doing play by play coverage live on radio.

From 10 p.m. to midnight, you’ll be able to tune to WSB Radio or listen online live at http://wsbradio.com to my post-debate show. RedState readers will be able to call in toll free to comment on the debate. The number is 1-800-WSB-TALK.

On Tuesday to Thursday, RedState is going to New Orleans for the Republican Leadership Conference. I’ll be broadcasting my show live from there and participating on CNN. I’ll also be speaking at the event on Thursday. Stay tuned to RedState for news from the event as many of the Presidential hopefuls will be speaking.

On Friday, we’re headed to Minneapolis for Right Online where, again, many of the Presidential hopefuls will be speaking. I and the rest of the RedState team will be covering it all here as it happens, and I’ll also be on CNN and broadcasting my radio show from the events.

This week could make or break a few candidates. It should be fun.

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  • richman42

    It will be interesting to see how CNN handles the fair questioning of the participants.

  • http://teapartisan.wordpress.com Loren Heal

    is fine, though I don’t know to whom that could apply, really.

    But I’ve had enough of breaking candidates. It’s June. Let’s give them all a good and thorough vetting, but don’t count someone out for a gaffe.

  • silentcal2012

    While small Republican factions nip at Romney, Romney is beating Obama down. That’s the sign of a man in control of the race.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP2GsRzROF8&feature=player_embedded

  • Duke

    Up until now I’ve been waiting for Superman, and have not seen much in the crowd that’s assembling tonight.

    Pardon my borderline sexism, but the women nibbling around the corners of the field seem to be in the running for President of the cheerleading squad.

    The guys in the race all smell blood in the water with the knowledge that a potted plant could clean house against the dolt in the White House in November of ’12. I can’t believe one of them is actually running on his record of creating a better Obamacare plan than Obama!

    Then there’s Trump out there like the carney barker that he is, waiting to see who gets the GOP nomination so he can run as an Independent, triangulate the election and get his bone-headed buddy reelected with less than a majority – shades of Slick Willy.

    I promise to watch, but only if Gov. Perry participates. Now there’s someone who can run on his record!

  • republicanconscience

    We already know CNN hate all Republicans so the questions should be tough. That will give us an idea of who can best stand up to the pressure.

  • ciscoguy

    I can get over Romneycare and his flips on abortion since he at least says he’s pro-life now and that he will nullify Obamacare with waivers and/or any repeal bill. I just can?t get over his man-made global warming religion. Would he appoint another Lisa Jackson to head the EPA? Or, like his willful denial about the effects of Romneycare, has he realized AGW is a fraud, and he?s just posturing so as to not be labeled a flip-flopper?

    I will be voting against Obama this election either way, but I just cannot bring myself to support him in the primaries, despite his strong head-to-head polling against Obama right now.

  • dudette

    moderating? I wish Fox would host a debate with Levin, RObert Bork, and other heavyweights doing the job. Why does CNN get it?

  • ciscoguy
  • Ann_W

    Why wouldn’t they? I don’t see the reasoning.

  • gpclaw

    CNN has excluded a declared candidate for the GOP nomination, therefor I refuse to watch their debate.

    This should not be confused as support for Gary Johnson. It is, however, disapproval of the establishment picking winners and losers. I want to see all of the options for the nomination on stage, so I can compare and contrast them for myself. CNN, and the establishment, are denying me that opportunity.

    I realize that Johnson will never be an acceptable candidate for most Conservatives. However, when it comes to limited government, and fiscal Conservatism, Johnson is the strongest of the bunch. I want to hear how the other candidates make their case for limited government, and compare their responses, to see which of the more acceptable candidates comes the closest to Johnson’s small government conservatism.

  • ciscoguy
  • Tbone

    The MSM is trying to foist McCain II on us in the primaries and then will rip him apart in the general as being too rightwing, being a Mormon and all. This will move some independents off him while conservatives will lose interest early on.

  • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens
  • Aaron Gardner
  • gpclaw

    The federal government has no role in determining school curriculum. This is the responsibility of state and local government. This is a great question for a person running for Governor, but irrelevant for the Presidency.

  • Ann_W
  • acat

    I won’t be watching either .. because I refuse to pay for cable and CNN is not a local channel.

    Please post a good write-up tomorrow so that I will not need to remain ignorant?

    Mew

  • Ann_W

    I misunderstood and thought you were saying they wouldn’t.

    There isn’t anything more important than stirring the social pot, right? Like a giant looming debt about to crush the country or anything.

  • acat

    that Romney ain’t in control of anything .. he’s got name recognition but he knows he can’t win in Iowa and South Carolina so .. he’s hoping (not controlling) that the Conservative vote does what it’s done in 1976, 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2008 – splinter in Iowa and not yield a viable Conservative candidate…

    Mew

    (For this example, Reagan and Bush 2.0 are considered conservatives)

  • gpclaw

    And asks them about their position on property taxes, stadium funding, trash collection and zoning requirements.

    If this question comes up, I hope someone calls out who ever asks the question, by asking them why they think the question is relevant in a Presidential debate.

  • gpclaw

    nt

  • Aaron Gardner

    Trust me.

  • ciscoguy

    Even if they don?t get the answer that they want, they advance their narrative by simply asking the question. It would be like one of us asking Obama in a debate if he thought he was a socialist. You would get the expected answer (no), but you would advance the (in this case correct) perception of what the modern democrat party actually stands for.

  • Aaron Gardner
  • silentcal2012

    When opponents resort to conspiracy theories, it reeks of desperation. I guess evidence of that secret meeting between the RNC, “establishment” Republicans, mainstream media executives, and “East Coast Elites remains elusive.

    Their probably control Gallup too. That poll showing Romney’s lead growing is all part of the conspiracy of east coast elites.

  • gpclaw

    I always thought that one of the greatest principles of the free market, was being able to vote with your feet when a private organization engages in behavior you don’t like. I guess I got that one wrong.

  • http://www.tooncesthecat.wordpress.com tooncesthecat

    took himself out of this debate, but I’m wondering how he qualified and Johnson didn’t. In the future, how will debate sponsors jerryrig their rules to include Huntsman, but not Johnson and, possibly, Santorum. If they set the % bar too high, they could get a debate between Romney, Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich–wouldn’t that be something everyone wants to see.

  • Aaron Gardner
  • Bill S

    Or holding your breath, covering your ears, and chanting “I CAN’T HEAR YOU, YOU BIG MEANIES!!!!”

    I think you’ve chosen the latter.

  • gpclaw

    Unfortunately, you can’t say the same.

  • clarkm

    Interesting discussion. You should post your viewpoints about this on w ww.whitehousevoice.com!

  • Aaron Gardner

    Keep it up, you are doing swell.

    Also, I didn’t accuse you of anything. If you don’t watch the debate you will be ignorant. That is just the consequence of your choice. Your problem seems to be with reality.

  • gpclaw

    I have read more than enough comments from people, who express frustration because they feel that the party establishment, and the media, are trying to force certain candidates down our throats, or won’t give certain candidates a fair shake.

    I feel that this is exactly what CNN is doing. Instead of just shrugging my shoulders, and saying ‘oh well’, I am making a choice not to support CNN’s coverage of the debate. I don’t see why this is such a big deal to you.

    This was never a reflection on anyone, just a general comment. You can do what ever you want. It’s not my place to judge your personal decisions, just like it’s not your place to judge mine.

    And before you try to parse words, by saying that you were simply making an “it-then” statement, remember that you had to go the extra mile and throw some snarkiness in at the end.

  • gpclaw

    But haven’t you made comments in the past about people skipping out on CPAC, on the grounds of principle?

  • Aaron Gardner
  • gpclaw

    I haven’t been disrespectful towards you Aaron, There is no reason bring things down to that level.

  • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

    Per the site rules, your complaint is not welcome in the comments. Take it to the contact page.

  • Aaron Gardner

    By the way, you are currently in violation of the posting rules by trying to moderate me.

  • Bill S

    I didn’t attend myself because I didn’t have the $$ this year. The CPAC “boycott” debate was one that I stayed out of.

  • gpclaw

    I didn’t wish to lodge a complaint about Aaron’s comment, just point out to him the tone he was setting.

    In the future, I will leave any statement like this out of the title line, in order to avoid any confusion.

  • acat
  • acat

    then it’s legit to call them out.

    JournoList proves journalism’s link to the Dems and various Dem campaigns.

    Any of the “media bias” books from the last decade show, with evidence, that the media has a bias.

    There’s no need for the media to meet with Romney or the gutless D.C. wing of the GOP, there’s just a need for the folks who make up media to believe some combination of “Romney is the weakest of the field” and/or “Romney would be better than the rest of the field”… this makes their support for him perfectly understandable.

    As for Gallup, no, they likely haven’t sold out. (Neil would have called it out…) That said, the polling isn’t of political junkies who hang out on Red State or Daily Kos or Hot Air or HuffPo… it’s of voters who many or may not pay attention to anything but .. the MSM news that’s on the radio in between the songs….

    Just sayin’

    Mew

  • Tbone

    which implies that Romney must be for something. So far, the only thing Romney seems to be for is Romney getting to play President for four years while the Country stays in the same s***can that Obama has put it in.