2012 Debates

Jason Linkins

Mitt Romney Causes CNN Debate Cancellation, Does Something Great For America

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.17.2012

Good news, America! It looks as if a revival of the interminable series of candidate debates that dogged the countryside like a Biblical plague in the early part of the campaign season is not going to happen. Everyone can get on with their lives, and, if necessary, just replay highlights of the previous four hundred debates, content in the knowledge that the moderators basically ran out of new questions to ask everybody back in October. Today, a March 1 debate that was to be hosted by the Georgia Republican Party and aired on CNN, has been called off, as candidates signaled they would not be participating. And leading the way is Mitt Romney.

Jason Linkins

Newt Gingrich's Diminished Debate Ambitions

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.01.2012

According to Tuesday night's CNN exit polls, one of the few demographic segments that Gingrich won the Florida primary were voters for whom the debate...

The Republicans' 19th Nervous Breakdown

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 03.31.2012

Lincoln Mitchell

It is only a slight overstatement to say that the Republican presidential candidates have debated 19 times and the winner of almost all of those debates has been Barack Obama.

Jason Linkins

The 2012 Debate Hate: A Tribute

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.27.2012

Last night's debate in Jacksonville, Fla., will be the last one until the end of February. (We hope, anyway!) Since May, candidates have come and gone...

Top 10 Greatest Moments of the Iowa GOP Debate

Katie Halper | Posted 02.10.2012

Katie Halper

Rick Perry manages to get through an entire debate without falling asleep, acting like he's on laughing gas, making up names, or forgetting his own campaign ideas.

WATCH: Rick Perry Turns His 'Oops' Into An Ad

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 12.01.2011

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has had his share of mind-numbing moments. As the calendar closes in on the Iowa caucuses, the GOP presidential hopeful appears ...

The Biggest Debate Challenge For Networks

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 01.22.2012

NEW YORK — Keeping the crowded Republican presidential debates fair, lively and topical can seem like the equivalent of juggling while walking a...

Jason Linkins

Why Are The GOP Debates Causing Everyone Such Consternation?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.18.2011

Those who closely follow the 2012 presidential race seem to find the constant stream of GOP debates increasingly intolerable to watch. Former Reag...

'Everyone Has Their Oops Moment'

Portsmouth Patch | Marc Fortier, Robert Cook, Carol Robidoux and Carolyn Dube | Posted 01.10.2012

Rick Perry's New Hampshire supporters are rallying around their candidate, saying his gaffe in Wednesday night's CNBC debate isn't as big a deal as so...

Eight Republican Candidates Everyone Could Enjoy

Tim Young | Posted 12.20.2011

Tim Young

I'm really getting tired of the GOP candidates saying the same things at these debates. Here are eight celebrity Republicans who could make them more entertaining.

The New Kid On The Debate Block

Posted 12.11.2011

There's a new kid on the 2012 election block: Bloomberg. Candidates will have to brush up on their economic talking points for Tuesday night's deba...

WATCH: Chris Matthews Gleefully Baits Rick Santorum

Posted 11.08.2011

Chris Matthews spoke to GOP candidate Rick Santorum just after Wednesday's presidential debate, and it was just as freewheeling a conversation as one ...

Jason Linkins

This Day In 2012 Debate Exclusion

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.01.2011

One thing we've harped on a bit on these pages is that many of the GOP candidates who haven't been granted access to the debates are basically caught ...