Here is video of one of the key exchanges in last night’s GOP Presidential Debate in Jacksonville, Florida. Rick Santorum went on the offensive against Mitt Romney where Romney is most vulnerable – on RomneyCare.
Santorum attacked Romney at length for the RomneyCare Plan put in place in Massachusetts while Romney was Governor there. Santorum attacked the Massachusetts Plan in detail, saying it will undercut Romney’s ability to go after Obama for ObamaCare if he is the nominee. After a prolonged attacked by Santorum, Romney began a rebuttal by saying, “First of all, it’s not worth getting angry about” – referring to Santorum’s penchant for appearing angry as he makes points he feels strongly about. Romney’s words are being trumpeted today by some as saying he said “ObamaCare” is not worth getting angry about. That’s not what he said. He was referring to Santorum’s tone in describing the details of the RomneyCare plan in Massachusetts.
Santorum did an outstanding job of making the case why Romney will be a weaker nominee because of his support of an individual mandate to buy health care in Massachusetts. But Romney has repeatedly said his first act as President would be to move on repealing ObamaCare. It is not right to say that he said “ObamaCare” is not worth getting angry about.
Here is a live video feed for tonight’s Fox News GOP Presidential Debate from Sioux City, Iowa. This will be the final debate ahead of the January 3, 2012 Iowa Caucuses. The debate will begin at 9:00 PM ET.
In case you missed it, here is complete video of the GOP Presidential Debate that took place last night, November 22, 2011, in Washington D.C. The debate was co-sponsored by the Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute, along with CNN. It focused on National Security, but also included some Economic and Domestic Policy Questions.
Watch the CNN – Heritage Foundation – American Enterprise Institute GOP Presidential Debate tonight at 8:00 PM ET. We will post a video feed of the debate here if available. If not, just follow this link to watch live video online. (NOTE: You may have to allow popups for the live video player at CNN to open)
UPDATE 11/20/11 5:35 PM ET: The complete video has now been made available on YouTube. You see it posted above.
UPDATE 11/20/11 2:52 PM: It appears the sponsors of the event don’t want video of the forum embedded on other sites. It worked here earlier as well as at multiple other blogs. But you can go here to see the working video of the entire debate.
NOTE: Click the progress bar about 30 minutes into the video for the actual beginning of the candidate forum.
In case you missed it (it was not on TV nationally), here is complete video from today’s “Thanksgiving Family Forum” GOP Presidential Debate in Iowa that was moderated by Frank Luntz. The forum was held in a church, and Frank Luntz does not begin to lead the discussion until around the 30 minute mark of the video. Before the candidates came out, Luntz asked if anyone was there from “Occupy Wall Street.” He asked them not to interrupt the 2-hour forum and offered to let someone from their group to speak for 2 minutes in return. One man stepped forward and spoke against the Federal Reserve, saying he hoped it would be addressed during the Forum.
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