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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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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
Giuliani says bye bye to South Carolina….
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-->by Mosheh OinounouMyrtle Beach, SC — The Giuliani campaign has also moved all of it’s paid staff out of South Carolina as it concentrates all of its efforts in Florida. The decision to pull SC staff comes in the wake of a similar decision to pull paid staffers out of Michigan. Over the course of the last six months, Giuliani has visited South Carolina about a dozen times and held more than 20 public events in the state.
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.
There's a reason they call it the "Firewall." From its inception, the South Carolina Republican primary was meant to douse the flames of political passion. The late GOP strategic wizard Lee Atwater designed the thing to give conservative Southerners a say in the presidential process and offer churchgoers a power line to the White House. Then he scheduled it right after Iowa and New Hampshire, the ideal spot for the party establishment to suppress an insurgent candidate's momentum.
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.
6:15 - Please start from the bottom of the page and scroll up to real time blogging. Those of you who are joining us from Politisite blog. Please join us tonight on NowPublic http://www.nowpublic.com and look for the live blogging of the South Carolina Republican Debate.
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.
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