Live Blog: S.C. Republican Debate

This is a Live Blog of the Republican debate taking place in Myrtle Beach. I will be updating this post in real time. If you have any questions about the debate post them in the comments and I'll do my best to answer them. 

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9:47 - If you would like to comment, use the comments section of this post.   

9:44 The surge is working?  McCain suggested the Surge.  How many times will McCain say, "my friends" tonight?

9:43 - This is a pretty calm debate.  I guess they are appealing to our southern sweetness to oneanother 

9:42 - Ron Paul can't hear a thing?   

9:42 - McCain is a Hawk, will he won the nomination?  I wil be in the Spin room following the debate, what questions should I ask them? 

9:41 - Is the Mayor a consevative? 

9:39 - Is Thompson speaking to anyone? 

9:38 -  We re in a break.  I was working on some photos to upload.  I may have to wait until later.   Which candidate has the correct view for America's future?

9:10 - One NowPublic mindanarchist readers asked the following : I think it's really cool that you have access to this event, power to the people!

1) I'd like you to ask why Republican Christian values  don't naturally result in an environmental sensitivity? 

2) Once we win the war in Iraq, what is the next step in the war on terror? So many foreign policy bridges have been burnt  it feels like the US is globally isolated so what are we going to do?

Thanks so much!  - mindanarchist  those are great questions.  Why do Republicans who say they have Christian Values not environmentaly sensitive.  I will ask Gov Houckabee that question.  I think your right to as that question where Republicans are equated with not caring about what happens to mother earth.  A christian has been left in control of the earth and should be careful how we use it.  The good thing is there are Green Republicans and many of them are because, they are Christian's"  There is a few of us out there.  Do you want me to ask Gov Huckabee that questionI think we should be careful who we invade.  Ron Paul has it right here our spreading Democracy world wide has made us enemies reather than friends.  Any others?

9:00 - Play Ball - I just got back from in the venue where they give photographers an operturnity to take photos.  My photo Journalist was unable to make it so I went down there myself.  I will be uploading what I have during the evening. 

8:21 - If you didn't catch my story about Live blogging, check out http://www.nowpublic.com/politics/republican-debate-tonight-south-carolina to see what we have planned.

8:12 - The Giuliani Campaign is taking advise from Romney 

Remember when I said many campaigns have ended in South Carolina.  You really have to win here.  Three Caucus and primaries all differ from oneanother.  By the time you get out of SC you know whether you have real national appeal.

8:07 - T - 1 Hour.  The press folks are getting in thier places.  The two folks in front of me are from the New York Times.  Super news people.  I will begin posting comments throughout the debate.  Feel free to post your comments. 

7:07 -  T Minus 2 hours until the debate.  The big buzz out there right now is about Bill Richardson dropping out of the race.  Many of the folks I chat with are saying the samething as I did.  Governor Richradson is really running for Secratary of State or Vice President.  He didn't endorse any candidate, so he is leaving his options open.  The other chatter is about Senator John Kerry endorsing Senator Obama.  This must have been a Blow to Sentator Edwards who was his running mate for President / Vice-President in 2004.  Remember the Kerry Edwards stickers 4 years ago?  How do you come back from that?  Other chatter arund here is about Governor Romney pulling all his ads from South Carolina and Florida.  Radio station WBT from Charlotte, NC was broadcasting live about 4 tables from me.  The talk was about the Romney ads.  He is all in on Mich.  Fred Thompson was on the radio while I was drive in on Hannities America.  He is a calm cool guy who doesn't speak in sound bits, so the media doesn't play him well.  People from the south take thier time and share the story.  In the Northeast, people can talk about the whole day in one southern sentence.  Thompson is said to watch 60 minutes in about an hour and a half.  People like him here, but he has to get his message across in 60 seconds.  So thats the 2 hours before post.

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5:25 - Hello everyone this is Politisite, Albert N. Milliron, Live blogging from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for the Republican Debate with Fox News.  I have finally picked up my parking pass, Picked up my credentials, gone through security, Ran right into Ron Paul, said, "Hi Ron", I guess since I have interviewed him 3 times before, I think he knows me by name.  Well he doesn't.  Think about how many news people, bloggers, Supporters, Workers he has met with already.  Ron Paul does not know me by name.  The important thing for me is to know everything I can about them, The issues they support, what they are against, and try to get a story that know one else has.  My first question rwo debates ago was, "Congressman Paul, if you dont win the nomination of the Republican Party will you run as a Libertarian?"  He had been asked that many times before but I just wanted him to say, "yes".  That would be a story!  But he told me no he would not as he doesn't want to split the vote between him and the Republican Party.  Bloomburg will do the splitting. 

If you have any questions at all about the process, media, and what to ask the candidates later in the Spin room, justput it in the comments section and I will answer live.

The debate starts at 9pm eastern, 6pm Pacific, 0200 UTC or GMT for the international readers.