The Newt-Gingrich-Pile-On debate preview
posted at 2:00 pm on December 10, 2011 by Ed Morrissey
I’m in Des Moines today and tonight, reporting live from Drake University, where the first Republican presidential debate with Newt Gingrich as a front-runner will take place at 9 pm ET tonight on ABC. The debate will be moderated by Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos, but the real question will be whether and how hard each of the other candidates will go after Gingrich in an attempt to damage his momentum. That pattern has repeated itself with the other boomlet candidates, but the other boomlet candidates didn’t have Gingrich’s talent for debate. Will they shy away from direct attacks tonight, and if they do attack, how will Gingrich respond? I’ll preview the stakes for each of the candidates tonight:
Newt Gingrich — Welcome to the top spot, Mr. Speaker. Gingrich might not get attacked by every candidate on the stage, but he’s going to take some heat from at least some of them, with Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum the most likely to go on offense. He needs to avoid responding too harshly to their criticisms and eroding the Newt 2.0 statesmanlike image he’s successfully created in the last few months. His command of detail and policy will make him a formidable opponent, and he’s likely to come out the winner in most exchanges tonight. If he can focus his own attacks on Barack Obama while parrying those from his competitors on stage, he’s going to sail through the debate tonight.
Mitt Romney — Romney needs to slow Gingrich’s momentum, but be careful about coming off second place in an exchange with Gingrich. Remember that Romney has bested Gingrich in a debate exchange before — the only candidate to do so — but Romney has plenty of his own vulnerabilities that Gingrich can expose, too — especially the fact that the surrogate Romney tasked with attacking Gingrich’s conservative credentials played a big role in Bush 41′s “read my lips” reversal. I’d expect any attacks from Romney to be more oblique, focusing on his own expertise and subtly making the comparison. Besides, it’s almost certain that other candidates will do the attacking for Romney — just as they did when Rick Perry jumped into the race, which brings us to …
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Five things to watch in tonight's G
P debate quote:
The GOP presidential candidates meet tonight for the first of two pivotal debates ahead of the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses, as a surging Newt Gingrich leads the field and Mitt Romney goes on the attack.
Gingrich Focus of Iowa Debate as Palestine Remark Questioned
[Blingrich] Gingrich Comes to Debate With Front-Runner Status
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Newt Gingrich is facing his first debate as the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination. Standing next to him will be Mitt Romney, whose campaign has launched an all-out offensive against Gingrich's record and leadership style.
With less than a month to go before the Iowa caucuses, the debate at 9 p.m. EST Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa will focus on the federal budget deficit. It also promises a political drama as Gingrich and Romney meet amid a sharp back-and-forth waged by their campaigns.
Gingrich rose to the top of polls largely because of how he's performed in the other 10 debates this year. He's expecting his new position in the race to mean his rivals will criticize him head-on this time, aides say.
ABC News/Des Moines Register Debate Preview
quote:
After Herman Cain’s unexpected exodus and Jon Huntsman’s failure to qualify (he didn’t meet the polling threshold) six Republican candidates will face off tonight at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. The debate, moderated by Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos, is co-sponsored by ABC News, ABC5/WOP-DT, the Des Moines Register and the Republican Party of Iowa. Indeed, while most Republican primary voters are tired of the seemingly endless string of Republican debates, tonight’s showdown should be worthy of your attention. This may be, in my opinion, the last remaining forum in which candidates can explain their vision for America before the Iowa Caucuses on January 3. Considering the holidays are rapidly approaching and most Americans are spending times with their families – and probably not following the news as closely as they normally would – I suspect this will be one of the last opportunities for the remaining GOP hopefuls to make their case and court voters before the new year.
Preview courtesy of Salem's TOWN HALL.
Preempting attacks from rivals, Newt vows to run a positive campaign
quote:The ABC/Yahoo Iowa Debate: What to Watch For
URBANDALE, Iowa — Preempting the likely avalanche of attacks from his rivals, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich vowed on Saturday afternoon not to go negative against any of his primary opponents.
Republican candidates gang up on Newt
VIDEO: Perry: If You Cheat On Your Wife, You’ll Cheat On Your Business Partner
ABC Team Obsess Over Romney's $10,000 Challenge to Perry
quote:
After ABC's Republican presidential debate on Saturday night, several members of the ABC team spoke of Mitt Romney's attempt to make a bet with Rick Perry about whether Perry was correct in asserting that Romney had advocated Massachusetts-style Romneycare as a model for the nation, with predictions that the $10,000 bet comment would hurt Romney with voters.
WATCH: Romney: Newt Wants To Mine Rocks On The Moon
In debate, Mitt Romney offers Rick Perry $10K that his attacks are wrong
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WATCH: Bachmann: I’m The True Conservative Not ‘Newt Romney’
Gingrich Takes Fire From Rivals in GOP Debate
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DES MOINES, Iowa - Surging front-runner Newt Gingrich came under heavy fire in a presidential debate in Iowa Saturday from Republican rivals who portrayed him as a Washington insider who profited from his contacts at taxpayer expense.
Hoping to halt his quick rise in the polls, the Republican contenders led by Mitt Romney described Gingrich as a member of the Washington establishment who took $1.6 million from housing giant Freddie Mac.
U.S. representatives Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul criticized Gingrich as a hypocrite who profited from his contacts and wound up taking taxpayer money when Freddie Mac was bailed out by the federal government.
VIDEO: Paul’s Job Plan: End The Fed
VIDEO: Gingrich to Romney: The Only Reason You Didn’t Become a Career Politician Is Because You Lost to Ted Kennedy in 94
Spin Room:
Romney Camp Insists $10K Bet Was No Gaffe WATCH: Newt Defends ‘Invented Palestinians’ Remark: ‘These People Are Terrorists’
Santorum, Perry Say Marriage Matters
Former Clinton Adviser Stephanopoulos Asks Presidential Candidates if Infidelity Should Be an Issue
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Americans that spent their Saturday evening watching the Republican presidential debate witnessed the height of media hypocrisy.
Former Clinton adviser turned ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos actually asked attendees - with a straight face no less - if marital infidelity should be an issue in the campaign (video follows with highlights and commentary):
VIDEO: Outsider Perry: Washington DC Is The Problem
Iowa Republican debate:
Winners and 
losers 
Assessing the ABC News/Des Moines Register Debate
quote:Debate recap and Spin Room arguments
Throughout most of tonight’s debate, I was thoroughly impressed. After all, the forum allowed for much more substantive discussions than usual – that is, each candidate had more than ample opportunity to express their opinions and engage one another over various issues. What’s more, there were some gaffes, but none were major – and everyone seemed well prepared. In any event, since I don’t believe there was a clear winner, candidates are evaluated in alphabetical order.
Here’s the breakdown
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Paul rips Romney, Gingrich as 'from the same mold'
WAKE UP: There's A Completely New Republican Primary Race Out There
After Saturday's debate, some Republican activists still shopping in Iowa
quote:Bachmann: ‘One man is Newt Romney and the other man is Michele Bachmann’ [VIDEO]
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA -- With the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses just three weeks away, Republican activists in the state were viewing Saturday night's debate with renewed interest. And at least some of them remain undecided
Obama: 'It Doesn't Really Matter' Who GOP Nominates
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“The core philosophy that they’re expressing is the same,” he told CBS's "60 Minutes."
So Obummer says he's ready for Newt Romney Bachmann....however...many are saying no to Barack Biden
CBS poll: 54% say Obama doesn’t deserve re-election
VIDEO: Krauthammer rips Obama: ‘He is more like Hugo Chávez than he is Teddy Roosevelt’
Occupy hopes to shut West Coast ports Monday; union balks
What you do in bedroom private? Not to Obama
quote:
Look what president now thinks is worthy of special treatment
Taxpayers to pay $3 million to promote worldwide homosexual advocacy, Lady Gaga concerts
It’s official: Congressman Ron Paul makes me sick
Does This Design of Two Towers Remind You of Anything?
U.S. Proposes Unmanned Border Entry With Mexico
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BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas – The bloody drug war in Mexico shows no sign of relenting. Neither do calls for tighter border security amid rising fears of spillover violence.
This hardly seems a time the U.S. would be willing to allow people to cross the border legally from Mexico without a customs officer in sight. But in this rugged, remote West Texas terrain where wading across the shallow Rio Grande undetected is all too easy, federal authorities are touting a proposal to open an unmanned port of entry as a security upgrade.
By the spring, kiosks could open up in Big Bend National Park allowing people from the tiny Mexican town of Boquillas del Carmen to scan their identity documents and talk to a customs officer in another location, at least 100 miles away.
Rev. Al deep in the red
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Sharpton drew a $241,732 salary and perks that included first-class or charter air travel, tax filings show. He owes the IRS $2.6 million in income tax, and nearly $900,000 in state tax.
The defunct Rev-Al Communications Inc. owes the state almost $176,000, and Bo-Spanky is $3,500 behind on state-tax liens.
Put this racist out on the street w/ all of his belongings..let him #occupywest145th streetharlem
VIDEO: SNL Skewers
Al Sharpton and His [P]MSNBC Show 
Supreme Court to Hear AZ Immigration Case — But Kagan Recuses Herself
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to rule on Arizona’s controversial law targeting illegal immigrants, setting the stage for an election-year decision on an issue that is already shaping presidential politics.
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LISTEN: Andrew Breitbart: Glenn Beck is a ‘coward’ and a ‘snake’
Romney Has ‘Heated’ Exchange With Vet Over Gay Marriage: ‘I Guess the Question Was Too Hot’
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Mitt Romney got into a heated exchange with a gay man in a diner in New Hampshire on Monday. The man, apparently a Vietnam veteran, was approached by Romney, and things got heated after the man challenged the candidate on his gay marriage stance.
VIDEO: DNC chair: Unemployment didn’t go up under
bama! Obama to slash National Guard force on U.S.-Mexico border
quote:Fears persist the jobs crisis cannot be fixed
Blaming budget cuts, the Obama administration early next year will cut the number of National Guard troops patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border by at least half, according to a congressman who was briefed on the plan.
The National Guard said an announcement will be made by the White House “in the near future,” but Rep. Duncan Hunter, a California Republican who has learned of the plans, said slashing the deployment in half is the minimum number, and he said it will mean reshuffling the remaining troops along the nearly 2,000-mile border.
In California, that will mean going from 264 Guard troops down to just 14, he said.
After Perry attack, Obama displays Christian faith
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President Obama publicly attended church on Sunday, and spoke about Christ's birth during a Christmas concert program that included Jennifer Hudson, The Band Perry, and Justin Bieber.
Why Are Anti-Christian Bigots So Eager to Prey On
Tim Tebow? 
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