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Today’s Republican Debate on Iowa Public Television

The debate was moderated by the Des Moines Register’s editor, Carolyn Washburn, and sponsored by the DMR and Iowa Public Television.

PBS: Watch video of this afternoon’s Republican presidential debate, starting at 8 pm ET.

Full Debate Transcript

I found some live-blogging out there:

AMERICAblog
Libby Spencer / The Newshoggers:
Michelle Malkin
Marc Ambinder at The Atlantic
NY Times’ The Caucus Blog

Alan Keyes is demonstrating why he has not been a welcome participant on the debate stage this year. He bullies the moderator into calling on him and then growls out a long statement, after which no one applauds.

MSNBC First Read

Of course, the loser was the Iowa Republican party; Alan Keyes ruined this debate.

Des Moines Register
Chris Cillizza’s ‘The Fix’

…it seems very unlikely that any minds were changed by what they saw today…not many Iowans likely saw the debate

ABC Political Radar
PoliticalWire – Reactions
CQ Politics – “mosts and bests”
TNR

Remember, the DMR and IPTV will host the Democratic candidates tomorrow.

BONUS: Guessing Who Gets the Endorsement of the Des Moines Register

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