{excerpt} From the seating - with the "first tier" candidates in the middle - to the time allotted to the various candidates, the GOP debates tonight were obviously designed to minimize "second tier" candidate contributions.
Nonetheless, Tom Tancredo (R-Colo) and Ron Paul (R-Tex) made clear their differences with mainstream Republican positions during their allotted time. Tancredo spoke clearly to his core issue which is controlling immigration and enforcing current law. In one answer, he directly attacked President George Bush and suggested that were he to win the presidency, he would request that the current president never "darken his door" again.
Ron Paul's most eloquent moment may have come when he branded the nation's main moral failure as its new policy of "pre-emptive engagement" which he said has taken the place of the ancient, Christian idea of a "just war."
Ron Paul's most eloquent moment may have come when he branded the nation's main moral failure as its new policy of "pre-emptive engagement" which he said has taken the place of the ancient, Christian idea of a "just war."