Liveblogging the 1st Republican Debate

I’ll be liveblogging the 1st Republican debate here in about 15 minutes. The first half hour may be sparse until “bed-time quiet” is obtained.

Here are the 10 candidates who will be appearing:

Sam Brownback
Mike Huckabee
Tommy Thompson
Jim Gilmore
Rudy Giuliani
John McCain
Mitt Romney
Tom Tancredo
Duncan Hunter
Ron Paul

Be back soon.

8:00 And we’re off. Chris Matthews is the moderator, laying out the ground rules now.

8:06 I wanted to mention early on that there will be multiple overlapping posts at Heading Right. Keep scrolling!

8:08 Good answer by Romney on running the war based on polls.

8:48 I’m scoring the first half for Romney (aside: I’ve not decide where my support is going to be this early)

9:03 Down the line – A tax they’d like to cut. AMT is getting a lot of mentions. Flat tax, Fair tax.

9:23 Coming to the end. Sorry I haven’t had more substance here.

9:30 Chris Matthews says, in his wrap, that this isn’t the end. Will it spell the end for any of the 10?

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