Tonight’s GOP debate (THUR AM UPDATE: TRANSCRIPT LINK ADDED)
It starts in just a few minutes and will be airing on CNN. I’m in the middle of a few different things right now, so I won’t be liveblogging it, but I’ll catch the highlight reels later. Feel free to post your comments about the debate in this thread.
About closed primary voting
Questions are surfacing in the blogosphere about whether or not Florida’s primary was a truly “closed” primary since John McCain rec’d 17% of votes from people identifying themselves as Independents (and 3% as Dems). Captain Ed explains here that what happened in Florida was perfectly normal under closed primary rules:
The Florida primary (UPDATE 17: CONFIRMED – RUDY TO ENDORSE MCCAIN WEDNESDAY)
*This post has been bumped to the top, and will be updated frequently this evening. Any newer posts will appear below. **