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Here are my notes. Pretty raw, since I need to go upstairs and run.


McCain - I will Stay in Iraq. Funny. Good answer on budget. Immigration: Secure border first, then temp worker program, then fix the 12 Million that are here. McCain - strong response to Romney (You are a flip flopper). Good answer on Confederate flag. Admitted he was wrong. Torture is wrong. Enhanced interrogation techniques are torture. (Torture is bad - Mr. Makey)

(Tommy) Thompson - Bad answer on Iraq. MR. Veto. No answers. Stem Cell messy answer. LOts of good quotes, don't know his position.

Romney - Iraq needs to be Stable. Spender. Abortion. Flip Flop. No new taxes, balance the budget. Washington is broken. Reorg the government. Make washington more effcient. 2nd amendment rights, but supports assualt weapon ban. (Waffle and flip flopper). Not a conservative. Amnesty - No special path for illegals. Employment verification system. Need to "prevent" the next 9/11. More intelligence and counter-terrorism. Enhanced interrogation techniques OK. For testing and no child left behind.

Brownbeck - Too political and internally focused. Bio-fuels. Drill more. Increase the supply of fuel. Make cars more efficient. No immigration answer. Is this guy a liberal? Flat Taxer. Way too pro-life. A pro-life liberal? US lives most important. No need to seek UN approval.

Guliani - too News focused. Too scripted. I like what he says, but he's a politician. Not answering the question. Good answer on abortion. His idea is to keep the govt out of our business. Fence, #1 who is here? Tamper proof id's. Create big database. Great response to Ron Paul on 9/11. (I don't like his response). No torture - but every interrogation method.

Tom Tancredo - not focused - you know, still not focused. Immigration, others are conversions, amnesty is a disaster. I am for reduction of reducing petroleum. Still not focused. All over the place.

Ron Paul - Quagmire, Eliminate, DHS, DOE, D of Ed. Cut spending, big time. Cut departments. Iraq - get out. (What is he doing stroking his pen? Nervous?) Listen to the people who. Lower Taxes. Changing subject - Torture. Torture is bad.

Duncan Hunter - Nice Iraq plan laid out, Zero manufacturing taxes. Pushed the big border fence in San Diego and made the bill for the fence for 800 miles. Fence - Border patrol - Create a "legal" system. Get the information. Do what is necessary. Dollars held by China. China building up military. China cheating on trade.

Mike Huckabee - Too scripted, still too scripted on taxes. Prolife. Scripted on 9/11. Protect borders. Need Americans to sacrifice.

Jim Gilmore - sanctions for Iran, concerned about nuclear proliferation. Scriped on taxes. Wants to be be the most conservative. Would go to UN, explain why we're doing it, but not ask permission. Homeland securtiy. Expand info sharing (new Big Brother). no answer on race/color in party.

Can't remember who did it, but I do not like personal attacks on John Edwards or anyone. (Edit - It was Huckerbee)

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