Tonight's the third Republican presidential debate in the 2012 nominating contest, this time from Ames, Iowa. Join in the live commentary and discussion here on Daily Kos while you watch it live on
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6:10 PM PT: Herman Cain is asked what his economic plan would be. He says he wants to make the Bush tax cuts permanent. Lower capital gains tax to zero. Cut capital gains tax. I guess because it's worked so damn well over the past 10 years, then holy fucking shit, we need to double down. God these guys are clowns and lunatics and not in that order.
6:11 PM PT: John Huntsman says he doesn't have an economic plan on his website yet because he's only been in the race for 1.5 months. Then he says something about leadership. Which reminds me, this is the guy who said Barack Obama was an "extraordinary" leader.
6:12 PM PT: Newt Gingrich's turn. And, I swear to God, I'm not lying, my dog got up on the couch and sat on the remote. I'm serious! I had to dive and grab the remote to save the channel from being changed. I succeeded. I almost wish I'd failed, because Newt Gingrich is that awful to listen to.
6:15 PM PT: Brett Baier asks Tim Pawlenty if his plan for 5,732% annual GDP growth is pie in the sky. Pawlenty mutters something about how he's from Minnesota and mom and apple pie and what's wrong with pie in the sky, we're so far deep in the hole, we need to aim high. And then he says if somebody can tell him what Barack Obama's plan is, he'll cut their lawn. But if it's Mitt Romney's lawn, he'd only cut one acre. Ha ha, right? CLASS WARFARE MOTHERFUCKERS!
6:16 PM PT: Rick Santorum is up. My dogs are scared. Everybody should be scared. Santorum is the last thing you want. And when something as nasty as Santorum starts talking about low taxes, it's really scary. But then you realize ALL of the Republican candidates sound like Santorum.
6:17 PM PT: Chris Wallace asks Tim Pawlenty if Michele Bachmann is qualified to run for president. Pawlenty says no, after saying she's done wonderful things in her life. (Translation: She's a woman, of course she's not qualified.)