Talk about it here. Watch it live on FNC or (better yet) at
YouTube.
7:38 PM PT: Before the break, Mitt Romney said that his book, No Apologies, proved he was a man of character, and that every word he wrote in that book was a word he meant. Except when that book went to softcover, he changed words in his book.
7:43 PM PT: Here's another link detailing the major changes Mitt Romney made in his book: basically Romney had initially argued that the public option was the main difference between his plan and Obama's plan. But when the public option fizzled, he eliminated that paragraph, and added seven new paragraphs trying to explain why his plan wasn't like "Obamacare."
In other words, at first he said the difference with "Obamacare" was the public option. When the public option was eliminated, he had to scramble to come up with a new difference. So, on this, on the substance, credit Rick Perry with being on the side of accuracy.
7:46 PM PT: Okay, I'd stopped listening to the debate, and then Rick Santorum said Obama is King George III. Hey, it's better than calling him a Kenyan Anti-Colonialist, I guess. And now we're in the middle of the final commercial break of the debate, and about to enter (mercifully) the final round. The next debate is October 11th, on Bloomberg TV, and after that, October 18th on CNN.
7:53 PM PT: Each candidate is asked to pick a running mate from someone on the stage. Johnson says he'd pick Paul. Santorum initially won't answer, but then says he'd pick Newt. Gingrich says get the fuck off my lawn, I'm not going to answer this stinking question. Paul says he won't make a choice because right now he's not in first. Perry says he wants to mate Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich. (Gross!) Romney says he won't answer, but anyone on the stage would be a good VP. Brett Baier followup: But didn't you say Perry is unelectable? Romney: No I didn't say that. Bachmann says she won't answer, but that conservatives don't have to settle, because President Obama has the lowest approval level of any president in modern times. (Uh, dumbshit, Bush was lower.) Cain, says Romney has a shot if he agrees with 9-9-9, if not Gingrich gets the nod. Huntsman picks Cain because of his sartorial sense.