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Ready, Set, New Hampshire Debate!

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January 04, 2008 9:39 AM

On Saturday, January 5, 2008 -- only two days after the critical Iowa caucuses and three days before the first in the nation New Hampshire primary -- ABC News, Facebook, and ABC affiliate WMUR will team up for a historic debate night.

Republican and Democratic contenders for the White House will meet on stage in two separate events, both in primetime, and presented by ABC News.

The participants for the Republican debate will be as follows:

Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, R-NYC
Former Governor Mike Huckabee, R-Ark.
Senator John McCain, R-Ariz.
Rep. Ron Paul, R-Tex.
Former Governor Mitt Romney, R-Mass.
Former Senator Fred Thompson, R-Tenn.

The participants for the Democratic debate will be as follows:

Senator Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.
Former Senator John Edwards, D-N.C.
Senator Barack Obama, D-Ill.
Governor Bill Richardson, D-N.M.

"World News" anchor Charlie Gibson moderates the Republican contest first from Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, from 7:00-8:30pm ET. The Democrats take the stage second, from approximately 8:45-10:15pm ET.

Surrounding each debate, "Good Morning America" host Diane Sawyer will anchor live reports, providing a re-cap and analysis of the evening's events. She will be joined by "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos. Bianna Golodryga will report from the ABC News/Facebook desk.

To participate in the debate, all candidates needed to meet one of three criteria:

1) Place first, second, third or fourth in the Iowa Caucuses

2) Poll 5% or higher in one of the last four reputable random sample New Hampshire telephone surveys sponsored by an established news organization and conducted and released on or before January 4, 2008.

3) Poll 5% or higher in one of the last four reputable random sample national telephone surveys sponsored by an established news organization and conducted and released on or before January 4, 2008.

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McCain won!

Posted by: Brenda Fenner | Jan 6, 2008 12:11:54 AM

CHANGE? How?
All candidates promise to make changes but they don't know or they don't exactly say how they are going to do that.

Experience shows that throughout the years all the presidential candidates came to Washington to make changes but none of them could actually change some of the issues.

My family and I are going to vote for the candidate either republican or democrat who tell us how the changes are going to be done.

Posted by: Miriam | Jan 6, 2008 1:34:37 AM

I watched the entire debate and though you will not here this from any political commentary, Romney won the debate.

He was the only one who spelled out a solution to health care without going to socialized medicine. He discussed education and immigration more extensively and knowledgeably than any other candidate. He also demonstrated that he realizes that radical Islam should not only be fought against by military might and explained briefly what else should be involved to confront the jihadist mindset that leads to the violence.

I don't know why the actual issues that were discussed in the debate are not being reported by the press. McCain acted childish at times and like an angry old grandpa behind a fake smile at others.

Posted by: Stephen P | Jan 6, 2008 11:11:12 AM

I quite agree with Mike Frazier's comment that says, "A vote for Obama seems more like an exercise in political self-abuse than anything else." We, as a nation, already are paying deeply for electing a president of limited foresight who exploited both the fear factor of 9/11 and religion to be re-elected. I hope we are not self-defeating ourselves again by choosing an inexperienced candidate on the basis of personal charm, populist claims, and empty promises. 81 years ago, Winston Churchill said, "I HATE Iraq. I wish we had never gone to the place" after paying steeply to hold "on to the violently rebellious territory". The current president doesn't know history and does not seem to understand that it's a whole different thing to invade Afghanistan versus Iraq. Now our inexperienced candidate, Obama, is talking about taking unilateral action in Pakistan, thus destroying a vital and delicate relationship with a Muslim country which has a nuclear bomb. He seems unable to grasp the big picture and the serious repercussions this action would cause. We need a president who will rectify past blunders caused by the current president and mend fences, not someone who will aggravate the situation by making more foolish mistakes. When will the Iowans learn that the presidential race is not a beauty contest, but the serious business of choosing a commander who will lead the world's only superpower in a wise and level-headed manner. Hopefully, the residents of New Hampshire will make a wiser decision.

Posted by: Marissa | Jan 6, 2008 1:20:42 PM

I have watched with great interest all the debates but I want to compliment Charles Gibson and all the staff who worked on the debates in New Hampshire...they were the BEST! I heard no celebrity stupid questions like "what's your favorite Baseball team?" ...the questions were helpful to American's trying to make a very important decision as to who will serve America best. It is nice to hear someone answer a question and be able to speak for more than a 30 second period of time. I thought Charles gave each candidate a reasonable amount of time to present his/her thoughts. He had done his homework and it showed! Networks pay attention....thoughtful questions need to be asked and facts need to be checked!
We are looking for honesty and integrity
in our politics and most especially in the person we pick to lead us for the next 4 years! GOOD JOB ABC !!

Posted by: Joan | Jan 6, 2008 4:26:06 PM

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