Kate Sheppard

The homophobia was really coming out there for a bit during the gays in the military question, etc. But by far the best quote was when Huckabee was asked whether he’d accept the support of Log Cabin Republicans. “I need all the support I can get,” he replied. –Kate Sheppard

In a question about the image of America in the Muslim world, Giuliani managed to say both that “We shouldn’t blame an entire group of people” and chastise the Democratic candidates for not using the term “Islamic terrorism.” Too bad Romney didn’t answer this one. UPDATE: Adele notes that that Giuliani actually said “the word […]

The first of three abortion-related questions asks what, if any, should be the punishment for those who seek or provide abortions if it becomes illegal. It’s actually a decent question, and hard for most of these guys to answer. Ron Paul says in all his years as an obstetrician, he “never saw a time when […]

Now we’ve moved into the gun portion of the evening — three in a row. The first questioner prefaces his question with, “As in every small town, we like our big guns.” Funny, I’m from a very tiny town, and not so much into the guns. Another questioner asks the candidates to talk about their […]

The candidates got to submit 30-second, YouTube-style videos about themselves. Tancredo‘s is up first. Surprise! It’s about immigration … just immigration. –Kate Sheppard

Here’s an interesting question, which I wish all the candidates had gotten a chance to answer: As president, what federal programs would you cut?Fred Thompson says reform he’d reform Social Security and Medicare, but doesn’t say he’d cut them. On to Ron Paul, which should be easy, since he wants to cut the entire federal […]

Romney and Giuliani are going head to head on immigration. Giuiliani made some reasonable statements about his policies as mayor, which including allowing the children of undocumented immigrants to attend schools, get emergency care in hospitals, and not penalizing those who reported crimes. Somehow, it devolved into bickering about whether Romney employed illegal immigrants at […]

I’m with Scott on the reasons Huckabee is the least-ideal candidate to go up against any of the Dems – relatively moderate on immigration, espousing economic ideas that seem almost populist, and gee, what a nice guy, at least according to the current line the press seems to be running with. And on Paul‘s original […]

The Los Angeles Times did some digging on Obama and PAC money, and threw in a little on Hillary Clinton and PACs for good measure. On the climate change front, San Jose’s Mercury News has a helpful breakdown of all the candidates’ stances, Republican and Democrat. USA Today and the Seattle Times both have opinion […]