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Let the games begin!
If you’re anything like me—and I suspect you are since you’re reading this blog—you’ve been anticipating this day for months, like a restless kid on Christmas Eve hoping for a shiny new bike. Perhaps not necessarily because you’re super-stoked about the candidates—although we’ve got some damned-fine potentials—but because Barack Obama’s days are numbered. (Seriously, if I could do a back-flip, I would. And yes, I’m counting.) Well, Debate Day has finally arrived, and it starts with the hors d’oeuvres: The seven candidates whose poll numbers didn’t quite propel them into the Main Event this evening. Which could have something to do with the fact that there are a bazillion-gazillion candidates…But don’t count them out, because at least a handful of them are highly qualified and would make an excellent POTUS, something we haven’t had in nearly Seven. Long. Years. Here are this afternoon’s contenders:
The good news for this group is: Donald Trump won’t be the over-exposed, center-of-attention during Happy Hour.
So, what do you think will happen in this afternoon’s debate? It’s likely that Fiorina will criticize the “political class in D.C.” Jindal will tout his record in Louisiana, and perhaps highlight his recent decision to defund Planned Parenthood in his state (and why it took five grotesque videos to compel that decision?). Will Perry remember which three unconstitutional agencies he’d eliminate as POTUS—oops!—or will he be polished and ready to shine for his second round at-bat? Will Graham admit he’s part of said dysfunctional political class, and slither away punch-drunk if/when Fiorina gut-thumps him? Will anyone figure out who the heck Jim Gilmore is (he actually has pretty good creds)? Whatever happens, this is an opportunity for any of them to climb out of the lower rung, and leap into the top tier going into the next debate. Because, in the end, only one will survive.
Happy Hunger Games…and:
Fox has full coverage of the debate here and here (sadly, to watch streaming online, a TV subscription is required). Round Two, featuring the Top Ten Contenders, begins at 6:00 p.m. pacific.
Jindal’s parents immigrated to the U.S. from India when he was a boy
If this is true, then he’s ineligible to be President. I think they immigrated before Jindal was born.
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