Liveblogging-Livetweeting the CNN Presidential Debate (But Really Testing out the Twitter Interface)

(Twitterscript from last night’s CNN Florida Presidential debate).
18 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
If we put a base on the moon, won’t the nuclear waste dumps explode and send it hurtling out of orbit?
18 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
But no one asked the really big question…
18 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
And we’re done.
19 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Santorum set-piece — Says he’s different from the other candidates, then criticizes Obama’s SOTU.
19 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Wolf upset that people aren’t directly answering his marginally silly Q.
20 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Although I have to say that Newt delivers a set-piece as well as anyone can.
20 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Gingrich: I’ve paricipated in the two largest Republican sweeps in modern time. Set-piece on freedom versus dependence.
21 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Romney then goes into a closing set-piece.
22 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Romney: This will be a critical time. Will we become a social welfare state? We need dramatic and fundamental change…
23 minutes ago » Patrick Laverty
In RI people say “signs don’t vote”. Hey Ron Paul, polls don’t vote either.
23 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Paul: My freedom message appeals to a lot of people. Mentions “tolerance”. My foreign policy will be better than Obama’s
24 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Last Q: Why are you the 1 person likely to beat Obama?
24 minutes ago » Patrick Laverty
Overall, Santorum seems most comfortable. Every answer sounds like sermonizing.
28 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Santorum also references God-given rights, similar reasoning as Romney but in better detail.
29 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Gingrich: A Prez faces big enough decisions that justify seeking a higher power.
30 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Paul: It wouldn’t, only my oath office would. Romney references the basic ideas of the founders.
32 minutes ago » Patrick Laverty
Romney would seek the guidance of Providence?
32 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Q about how your religious beliefs would impact your job as Prez.
32 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Even Wolf thought the Puerto Rico Q was a bad one. He has Santorum answer, and then moves on.
33 minutes ago » Patrick Laverty
No truth to the rumor that if Puerto Rico is added as a state, Rhode Island gets kicked out.
34 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
And also about Puerto Rican statehood.
35 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Q from audience: Why aren’t you considering the governor of Puerto Rico as a VP candidate.


36 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Gingrich would move U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
37 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Wolf brings up Gingrich “invented people” comment. Gingrich stands behind it.
37 minutes ago » Patrick Laverty
Romney gives maybe the least sympathetic statement to an audience question.
37 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Romney: Obama threw Isreal under the bus, by talking about ’67 borders.
38 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Romney: While Palestine is led by people who want to eliminate Israel, American should be 100% committed to its ally Isreal.
39 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Q about Palestine and Israel.
40 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Gingrich: If Pres Obama can support an Arab spring, why can’t he support a Cuban spring?
40 minutes ago » Patrick Laverty
Wolf to Romney “What about Ron Paul’s policy?” Romney “I’m talking about Obama right now”. Swats away like a fly.
41 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Romney expands the Q worldwide, and says he won’t show the weakness to authoritarian govts that Obama has shown.
41 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Romney: Latin America has been ignored by Obama. We need more economic agreements…
42 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Paul, more seriously, I’d ask him what we could do to improve relations. Sanctions hurt the people and strengthen governments.
43 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Over to Paul, what would you say to Raoul Castro? Paul: I’d ask him what he called about.
44 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Santorum says we shouldn’t reward the center of the cancer.
45 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Santorum opposes liberalizing relations. Points out spread of authoritarian-left govts in Latin America…
45 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Q on Cuba policy.
46 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
And Romney says he’s always voted for an R, whenever there’s an R on the ballot.
46 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Romney apparently once said “I don’t want to go back to the Reagan-Bush era”. He says he’s become more conservative since then.
47 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Gingrich blames the “Romney attack machine” for hilighting some of his tensions with Reagan.
47 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Romney reviews his resume, including the Olympics (I think the tie-in is about him not being politically active in the Reagan years).
48 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Q to Romney about who is the heir to the Reagan tradition.
49 minutes ago » Patrick Laverty
Amazing that Newt doesn’t answer, “Anyone would be better than Michelle Obama.” I thought he was going there.
52 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Er, that’s the question that is stupid, not the potential first-ladies.
54 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
I am boycotting any livetweeting of the stupid first-lady question.
54 minutes ago » Patrick Laverty
Would President Gingrich’s wife be referred to as the Third Lady?
58 minutes ago » Patrick Laverty
Clearly, someone is thinking of Rubio as a VP possibility.
59 minutes ago » Andrew Morse
Newt says he has a bigger role for Rubio than the cabinet in mind.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Santorum is asked first, so he gets to say Marco Rubio.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Q about which Hispanic Americans would you have join your adiminstration
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Which in Paul’s case amounts to saying I’ll cut everything else to pay for huge Social Security and Medicare entitlements.
1 hour ago » Patrick Laverty
Did Newt just endorse Ron Paul?
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Paul rambles through an answer, and winds up with I’ll cut 1 trillion dollars.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Romney: I will point out what Obama did is wrong. Santorum: Your mandate is no different from Pres. Obama’s mandate.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
And Santorum is right to point it out.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Romney is falling into his “with good managment, you can make socialism work” mode.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Romney defends mandate, as a way to share costs. This is not going to play well with the base.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Santorum attacks Romney, for supporting a state purchase mandate, but opposing a Federal mandate.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Good exchange on healthcare is occurring right now. I will try to backfill in the next day or two.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
@plaverty24 Your tweets should be going straight to @AnchorRising now.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Romney: Newt is pandering state-by-state, based on industries located there (space industry in Fla).
1 hour ago » Patrick Laverty
I’ve heard of politicians promising you the moon, but this is ridiculous.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Romney: In my business, I’d fire someone who proposed spending billions of dollars to go to the moon.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Newt: We don’t want to be nation that got to the moon first, then fell behind forever after that.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Newt: Invokes Kennedy/man on the moon inspiration example. Effort should be about 90% private…
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Wolf asks about Newt’s proposal for granting the moon statehood, if I understood the Q right.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Paul: Doesn’t like government-private partnerships for space exploration. And healthcare is more important than going to the moon.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Paul: Only legitimate govt involvment in space is for defense.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Santorum: We need more people involved, but with the current budget woes, the government options are limited.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Santorum: America is a frontier nation. We need to inspire. Space defense must be considered.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Gingrich: Change incentives, to accelerate the development of space.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Newt: Is NASA in it’s current form the best vechicle for space exploration? They don’t even have an operational launch vehicle right now.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Romney: Moonbase is really expensive, and I’ll bring in really smart people to work on space policy.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Question about spaceflight policy. Wolf adds Gingrich’s moonbase plan.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Wolf asks if all of the candidates will release their medical records. The question is a total waste of debate time.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Paul makes light of the question in various ways
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Wolf asks Paul about his age and health.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Paul on taxes: Wants to repeal 16th amendment, wants fewer taxes than in the Reagan years, no welfare or warfare
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Santorum explains his position on a capital gains tax.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Wolf to Santorum: Polls say people want to raise taxes to pay off debt. What’s wrong with that.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Blitzer decrees a truce on the tax-return issues, then asks a question about Romney’s taxes under Gingrich plans.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Romney: And my taxes plus charitable contributions were about 40%.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Gingrich: Explain your Swiss bank accounts. Romney: It’s invested for me in a blind trust and capialism is good.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Romney: Wouldn’t it be nice if people [Gingrich] wouldn’t make accusations that they’re not willing to defend here.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Gingrich: “I’m with him [Romney]. This is a nonsense question”. Blitzer: You made this an issue with your statements.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Oh, no. Next question is tax returns.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Santorum says Gingrich and Romney should stop with the petty stuff. They both made money legitimately using their skills and experience
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Blitzer asks Ron Paul if Romney and Gingrich should sell the investments in housing. Paul says he’s not interested in the question (cheers)
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Gingrich goes substantive, finally: He’d break up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into smaller units.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Newt says comparing my investments to his is like comparing a tiny mouse to a giant elephant.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Romney: …and you have similar invetments too [Newt]. Crowd cheers…
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Romney: My investments are in a blind-trust, and in mutual funds and other such instruments…
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Gingrich accuses Romney of having investments in companies carrying out foreclosures.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Romney takes a dig at GIngrich, then moves to a more substantive answer.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Question about housing, from Wolf Blitzer.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Santorum brings up Honduras, accuses Obama admin of siding with leftists against the people of Hounduras, and elsewhere in Latin America.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Paul: And we should have “friendship” and trade with Cuba.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Ron Paul: I would encourage free trade, but we don’t have an obligation to dictate forms of government to the rest of the world.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
Q from the audience: How would engage with Latin America, to promote democracy and markets.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
The bad news is that I wasn’t able to capture the Romney/Gingrich exchange on immigration, as I got it set up.
1 hour ago » Andrew Morse
The good news is that I have the Twitter-@AnchorRising liveblog interface marginally working…

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Monique
Editor
12 years ago

Healthcare coverage: Romney calls for Andrew’s plan to shift the tax deduction from the corporation to the individual!

Patrick
Patrick
12 years ago

Andrew Morse for Secretary of Health and Human Services!

Monique
Editor
12 years ago

Second!

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