Post Debate 2008 - Edwards Takes it for the Dems, Republicans McCain and Giuliani Lead the Rep. Pack

FOX's own Terra Rossetto met with members of the press, as well as Secretary of State Drew Halfmann to get their opinions on the debate directly after the fact.



After Tuesday's debate, FOX News Correspondent Winni Yan was able to speak with both Sen. McCain and Gov. Huckabee and see what their thoughts were on their performance, as well as the performances of their collegues.

This Just In

by: Mariya Lapida

Senator Hilary Clinton wins California Primary. For the Republicans, John McCain took 44% of the votes, beating out both Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee as predicted.
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Senator Obama Makes Brash Statement

By: Terra Rossetto
In a speech made in Denver, on January 30th, by Senator Obama, he compared his opponent, Senator Clinton, to being "too much like Senator McCain." In order to promote himself, he accused Senator Clinton of being "too much like a Republican," and firmly stated that Democrats must present themselves as being very different from the Republicans. If the two Democrat candidates cannot stop themselves from constantly attacking each other, who is to say either of them could win the presidency against a more docile, republican candidate? Although the democratic debate, which took place Thursday night, was much more civilized than the ones in the past, the hostitily between the two is more than obvious. It's time for them to redirect their hatred and energy used against each other, and more towards fixing the problems our country is facing.

Debate 2008 Rules

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The Democrats

The Democrats will have 25 minutes for their debate.

The Debate will begin with an introduction of all three Democratic Candidates Senator Edwards, Senator Clinton, and Senator Obama. Once the debate begins the rules will be as follows:

1. Each candidate will have 2 minutes to respond to every question asked of them directly.
2. If a candidate mentions another candidate’s name, that candidate will have the opportunity for a 30 second response.
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4. The final 3 minutes of the allotted 25, will be allowed for a one minute closing from each candidate.

The Republicans

The Republicans will have 35 minutes for their debate.

This Debate will also begin with an introduction of all four Republican Candidates Senator McCain, Congressman Paul, Governor Huckabee, and Mayor Giuliani. Once the debate begins the rules will be as follows:

1. Each candidate will have 2 minutes to respond to every question asked of them directly.
2. If a candidate mentions another candidate’s name, that candidate will have the opportunity for a 30 second response.
3. If at any time, you feel that you want to respond to a question that was not asked of you directly, you will be given an index card to raise, in order to notify the Fox News panel, and we will allow you to have 30 seconds to respond as well. (We do want to request that the candidates use the index cards sparingly as it will make it difficult to touch on a range of issues during the debate)
4. The final 4 minutes of the allotted 35, will be allowed for a one minute closing from each candidate.