Charlie Crist kicks off, talking about the "people's debate." And I personally am upset that we'll have no questions from dogs.
We start off with a question that Romney must be loving-- sanctuary cities, for Rudy. Rudy does a good job with the answer, but Romney's hitting back hard. And Rudy comes out blasting. Mitt had six sanctuary cities, and a sanctuary mansion! He didn't deputize until 2 weeks before he left office, and the deputies didn't catch the illegal immigrants working on his lawn. Romney is seriously backpedaling now. Rudy is talking "holier-than-thou attitudes." And Romney's special immigration problem. Romney's trying to explain away via contractual relationships. Personally, I think he has a point. But ooh, he just said asking about people's legal status is "un-American!" What a mess for Romney. And, yes, we are seeing mean Rudy-- but I'm not so sure that's a bad thing.
Thompson gets a question on amnesty. He's talking sovereignty and borders-- and looking a little lifeless. Fred wants to associate himself with a few things. He says Romney backed comprehensive immigration reform, and has changed his position "surprisingly." He's saying Rudy shouldn't be talking about good and bad hires. And that either NYC was a Sanctuary City or Rudy filed a frivolous lawsuit.
McCain is evidently pissed that the word "amnesty" was associated with his plan. He says he'll veto a bill including amnesty, but since he has a different definition I'd guess than the guy asking the question, my guess is that's not quite correct. He's invoking Mel Martinez's name-- probably a good move. He's now talking about government failures and compassion. He gets applause-- amazingly since I'm not getting the impression that his position is very popular within the room.
Tancredo's on about bookends again. Yawn. Maybe he'd get asked more if he didn't talk about household accessories every time his name was called. Oh, and he's total...
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