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On November 28, 2007, CNN aired the Republican YouTube Debate. The eight candidates vying for the Republican nomination for president answered questions submitted by YouTube users.
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Fast Facts
- Date: November 28, 2007
- Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
- Moderator: Anderson Cooper
- Over 5,000 questions submitted
- Event co-sponsored by the Republican Party of Florida
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Controversy
Following the debate, CNN was accused of allowing several questions from voters known to support Democratic presidential candidates, who introduced issues such as gays in the military, farm subsidies, abortion, and lead toys from China. CNN apologized for any appearance of bias and said that they would not have used any questions from anyone known to support an opposing candidate. -
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Republican YouTube Debate Live
- YouTube: All the questions.
- CNN: Full Live CNN Transcript
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10:15 PM:
- Giuliani: Defends himself, stating that he's a fan of the American league. He goes on to say that when he was the mayor of New York, the Yankees won 4 World Series, and have not won since he left office.
- Romney: "The only thing better than winning the series, is winning it against the Yankees."
- Related: Rudy Giuliani | Mitt Romney | Giuliani Roots for Red Sox | Boston Red Sox | 2007 World Series
- Ron Paul: "Now that's what I call a hard question." States that the country is ready for a change and that he's doing really, very well and brings up his single day, online fundraising record.
- Related: Ron Paul | Ron Paul Fundraising Record
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10:10 PM:
- Giuliani: Discusses how he dealt with a similar situation in NY, and believes he can lead the country into fixing it. He also challenges to constitutionality of the line item veto.
- Ron Paul: States that we need to fix problems at home before fixing things abroad and also states that we need to get the government out of our lives and out of our wallets.
- McCain: Claims that he will will fight Pork
- Related: Rudy Giuliani | Ron Paul | John McCain | Line Item Veto | Pork Barrel Spending
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10:05 PM:
- Romney: "That flag frankly is divisive and it shouldn't be shown."
- Thompson: Is glad people have decided not to display it in public places but knows that people who hang it are not racist.
- Related: Mitt Romney | Fred Thompson | Confederate Flag Debates
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10:00 PM:
- Giuliani: "We haven't done a good enough job making clear the GOP philosophy is most compatible with minority voters.
- Huckabee: Reminds that 48% of African Americans did vote for him in Arkansas.
- Related: Mike Huckabee | GOP Seeks Sizable Segment of Black Voters (CBS News)
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9:57 PM:
- Huckabee: Says he would not want to make that decision but adds that Hillary should be on the first rocket to Mars.
- Tancredo: Says that questions like this is why the deficit is out of control.
- Related: Mike Huckabee | Tom Tancredo | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Federal Deficit Drops
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9:55 PM:
- Thompson: First thing that I would do is defend (the new generation) from (the old generation). ABC's Christine Byun: "Thompson comes alive when talking about Social Security - you have to hand it to him, he's the only one to touch "the third rail" with some sort of fervor."
- Related: Fred Thompson | Social Security
- Huckabee: Jokingly says "I'll take any support that I can get," and while he doesn't support their views on same sex marriage he doesn't think that they differ on many other issues.
- Related: Mike Huckabee | Log Cabin Republicans | Gay Marriage
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9:50 PM:
- Hunter: Thinks it would be bad for unit cohesion.
- Huckabee: Talks about conduct and how it may hurt unit cohesion and morale.
- Romney: States that this isn't the time to make a decision on this issue and defends his stance against don't ask don't tell.
- McCain: Comes down on the side of don't ask don't tell.
- Related: U.S. Army | U.S. Navy | U.S. Marine Corps | U.S. Coast Guard | Don't Ask, Don't Tell (NY Times)
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9:42 PM:
- Thompson: States that the primary responsibility is to be able to take over for the President should he need to.
- McCain: States that he wouldn't need as much help as Bush needed post 2001.
- Related: Dick Cheney | Fred Thompson | John McCain | Cheney's unprecedented power (Boston Globe)
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9:40 PM:
- Giuliani:Wants his entire career to be looked at. "I've been tested"
- Related: Rudy Giuliani | 9-11
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9:35 PM:
- Thompson: States that we don't know how long we're going to be there, but we need to be there as long as it takes. I'm vested in a scenario of victory.
- Paul: The best thing we can do for Iraq is to give them their country back. It's time to take care of America first.
- McCain Takes offense and states that Iraq is a much larger issue and if we left it would hurt the country in the end.
- Related: Fred Thompson | Ron Paul | John McCain | Iraq War | Iraq
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9:30 PM:
- Romney: Refuses to "describe specifically which measures we would and would not use."
- McCain: Is appalled at Romney's stance on waterboarding and calls torture a defining issue. "If we're going to get the high ground ... we're not going to torture people. We're not going to do what Pol Pot did. We're not going to do what's being done" in Burma.
- Related: Mitt Romney | John McCain | Waterboarding | McCain an authority on torture (IHT)
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9:20 PM:
- Giuliani: Says we have to stay on offense.
- McCain: Will do a lot, but will continue the surge in Iraq and will stop any effort by the Dems to pull out of Iraq.
- Hunter: "I will never apologize for the United States of America."
- Related: Rudy Giuliani | John McCain | Duncan Hunter | Iraq War | Shia Islam | Sunni Islam
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9:15 PM:
- Giuliani: Yes, but not every word literally.
- Romney: Yes.
- Huckabee: Yes.
- Related: Rudy Giuliani | Mitt Romney | Mike Huckabee | The Bible | God | Christianity
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9:10 PM:
- Huckabee: "Jesus was too smart to run for public office."
- Related: Mike Huckabee | Capital Punishment | Lethal Injection | Jesus of Nazareth
- Giuliani: "I probably would sign it. I would leave it to the states to make that decision."
- Romney: Says he would sign it too.
- Related: Rudy Giuliani | Mitt Romney | Abortion
- Paul: Says it's up to the states.
- Thompson: Agrees
- Related: Ron Paul | Fred Thompson | Abortion
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9:05 PM:
- Kate Phillips NYTimes: "Romney gets in a nice line about mothers and fathers and family values, none of the candidates really address the issue that the young son raised."
- Related: Mitt Romney | Gang Violence | Organized Crime | War on Drugs
- Thompson: "I own a couple of guns but I'm not going to tell you what they are or where they are."
- McCain: "For a long time I used a lot of guns, including carrying a 45 in combat over Vietnam. I don't own one now."
- Related: Fred Thompson | John McCain | Gun Control | NRA
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9:00 PM:
- Here are a few statements by the candidates on Gun Control.
- Related: Mike Huckabee | Ron Paul | Fred Thompson | Gun Control | Gun Safety | NRA
- Giuliani: Defends a Politico story that says he "billed obscure city agencies for tens of thousands of dollars in security expenses amassed during the time when he was beginning an extramarital relationship with future wife Judith Nathan in the Hamptons."
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8:35 PM:
- McCain: Wants to cut pork.
- Giuliani: Calls for across-the-board cuts.
- Romney: Touts himself as an outsider who thinks outside the box and his health-care plan in Massachusetts.
- Related: John McCain | Rudy Giuliani | Mitt Romney | Pork Barrel Spending
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8:25 PM:
- Huckabee: Defends a scholarship program that helped illegal immigrants in his home state.
- Romney: Responds to Huckabee by saying "[He] basically fought to get scholarship for illegal aliens...Mike, that's not your money. That's the taxpayers' money."
- Huckabee: Replies "We're a better country than to punish children for what their parents did. we're a better country than that."
- Related: Mike Huckabee | Mitt Romney | Immigration Debate
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8:15 PM:
- Tancredo: The candidates are trying to "out tancredo Tancredo" on immigration.
- McCain: Is saddened by the discussion as he knows that it is going to be a tough issue, and has been.
- Thompson: Accuses Romney of supporting the Bush-McCain immigration proposal to let illegal immigrants to earn citizenship until recently.
- Related: Tom Tancredo | John McCain | Fred Thompson | Immigration Debate
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8:10 PM:
- Giuliani: Defends a question regarding New York City's "aiding and abetting" of illegal immigrants as a "Sanctuary City" during his term as Mayor there.
- Romney: States that Giuliani's stances on illegal immigration aren't congruent with what he states. NYC was a sanctuary city and called itself that.
- Giuliani Says that under Romney he had six sanctuary cities and a "sanctuary mansion".
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8:00PM:
- CNN The debates are beginning and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is introducing each candidate individually. This is very similar to the November 15 democratic debate.
- Participants: Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Ron Paul, Duncan Hunter, Mike Huckabee, Tom Tancredo and Fred Thompson
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Republican YouTube Debate News
- Google News: CNN/YouTube Presidential Debate
- Reuters: Fireworks likely at Republican debate in Florida (November 28, 2007)
- Republican presidential candidates, eager to distinguish themselves from the pack, enter the upcoming debate bickering over issues ranging from illegal immigration to taxes.
- USA Today: It's official: Republicans' CNN/YouTube debate set for Nov. 28 (August 13, 2007)
- Washington Post: The GOP YouTube Debate Is Back On (August 13, 2007)
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Republican YouTube Debate Pre-Debate Round Up
- TIME: How Republicans Will Play on YouTube (November 28, 2007)
- In addition to the issues, how the candidates respond to the unique debate format - which many of them initially balked at - Wednesday night will be closely watched.
- CNN: YouTube effect felt beyond debates (November 26, 2007)
- New York Times Blog: Sneak Peek at CNN/YouTube Debate Videos (November 21, 2007)
- USA Today: It's official: Republicans' CNN/YouTube debate set for Nov. 28 (August 13, 2007)
- Petition: Save the Republican YouTube Debate!
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- TIME: How Republicans Will Play on YouTube (November 28, 2007)
