Republican Presidential Debate -- Who do you think won?

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Bloggers are changing the face of politics and the debates. Tonights GOP Debate is no exception. Let’s see what the Bloggers are saying - The Left, The Right, and the LIVE.

USA TODAY — Blogging Live…

Update at 7:39 p.m. ET: Tancredo is asked about an immigration bill in Congress and repeats an earlier vow to “go after any Republican that votes for it because the Republicans can stop this.”

Giuliani calls the bill “a typical Washington mess. Everybody compromises.” He say it’s “quite possible” the bill will make things worse instead of better. He says everybody in the country should have a tamperproof ID card and the U.S. should “throw out the ones who are not in that database.”

Romney is asked to comment on what McCain said Monday in Miami — “pandering for votes on this issue while offering no solutions amounts to doing nothing, and doing nothing is silent amnesty.”

Candidates blogging…

The John McCain site has an open forum

The Rudy Giuliani site — has a live feed

Mike Huckabee did Live Blogging on his site.

The Chris Dodd site is doing another Talk Clock

From the CNN Political Ticker

When former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was asked to respond to recent comments from a religious leader likening him to Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor who condemned Jesus to be crucified, lightning from outside the debate site briefly cut off his microphone.

Giuliani couldn’t pass up commenting on the strange coincidence, joking, “For someone who went to parochial schools all his life, this is a frightening thing that’s happening right now.”

Conservative Blogger is doing a Live-Blogging of the Debate…

I’m watching the debate with my fellow WMUR/Gather.com bloggers. This posting is the live blog of the debate live from St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH.

8:38pm: Romney gets a flip-flop question on immigration. He’s for English as the official language but is airing ads in Spanish. Romney clarifies that he’s for legal immigration and loves people who come here through legal means. I think he missed on this answer, personally. I’m waiting for Blitzer to redirect him.

GOP Hopefuls Fault Bush on Iraq - for the Huffington Post…

MANCHESTER, N.H. — President Bush drew sporadic, startling criticism Tuesday night from Republican White House hopefuls unhappy with his handling of the Iraq war, his diplomatic style and his approach to immigration.

“I would certainly not send him to the United Nations” to represent the United States, said Tommy Thompson, the former Wisconsin governor and one-time member of Bush’s Cabinet, midway through a spirited campaign debate.

Arizona Sen. John McCain criticized the administration for its handling of the Iraq War, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said, “I think we were underprepared and underplanned for what came after we knocked down Saddam Hussein.”

Rep. Duncan Hunter of California said the current administration “has the slows” when it comes to building a security fence along the border with Mexico.

Informed Students - Live Blogging…

McCain–Evolution in school–”I believe g-d love us”–Curricula is up to the individual school districs.

Romney–Faith–Envokes Kennedy’s name–”I am an American running for President.”–Stands by his Church

Paul–Church vs. State–We don’t need more laws affecting religion, these are things left to the states or local levels–I always thought that their was a separation of Church and State.

Giuliani–Climate Change–We contribute to global warming, and there is a way to address it–We need a project similar to putting a man on the moon–bipartisan project.

Romney–GOP and Big Oil–Big Oil is making a lot of money now, these companies should be reinvesting profits in the companies. The oil companies are not the only profiting, but the countries who sell the oil are making the money.

McCain–GOP and Big Oil–These companies should be looking into creating nuclear power and other alternate energy sources. This is a national security issue–Can everything be linked to national security?

Paul–Our foreign policy is dictated by foreign oil.

Hunter–Gays in the Military–Would not change existing policy, it is already covered.

Giuliani–Gays in the Military–We should not be tackling this during a time of war.

Romney–Gays in the Military–The policy is working and this is not the time to have a social experiment in the middle of a war, we have bigger issues to talk about.

McCain–Gays in the Military–I think it would be a mistake to repoen the issue, it is working we should not tamper.

Gays in the Military–No one believes they should do so openly!

The Granite Grok is also Live Blogging the debate…

Question- What is the most important moral issue faced by the country. Huckabee. Respect life. Not acceptable to treat