The Feud Behind the Feud at the GOP Debate

National Review by Byron York | Jan. 6, 2008 (News Report)

If you think things got a bit testy between John McCain and Mitt Romney during the ABC News debate here at St. Anselm College Saturday night, you didn't see the half of it. After the debate, when top campaign aides and surrogates came to the Spin Room to tout their candidates' performances, members of the Romney and McCain camps said the things their bosses might have been thinking but did not dare utter onstage.

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Subjects: U.S., Politics
Topics: Presidential Election 2008, Republicans, Republican Nomination
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Posted by: Posted by Leo Romero - Jan 6, 2008 - 8:38 AM PST
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Andy Jamieson
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 by Andy Jamieson - Oct. 1, 2008

Plenty of quotations, but, apart from McCain and Romney, only one attribution (Mark Salter, McCain aide). This article gives a good sense of the Republican debate -- can't blame the journalist if that debate seems a bit "vapid."

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The reporting shows the petty bickering as to which of the midgets is the most morally regressive. The article should go under mud wrestling on the sports page.

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Leo Romero
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 by Leo Romero - Oct. 1, 2008
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