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| Republican presidential contenders face off in New Hampshire - live | |
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| 7.19pm ET00:19 | |
| While not on the stage, C-Span’s camera takes a brief shot of John Kasich and Rick Santorum sitting together and smirking about something as Graham talks. | |
| 7.19pm ET00:19 | |
| Lindsey Graham gives a hometown shout out to former New Hampshire senator Judd Gregg as he rushes to fit in more and more of his stump speech in the five minutes allotted. | |
| 7.18pm ET00:18 | |
| Lindsey Graham now argues for “hitting back” against China and says “we’re getting walked all over.” He sounds almost Trumpian in his foreign policy going after how Putin and the Iranians have taken advantage of what he perceives as the weakness of the Obama Administration. The difference, of course, is Graham is a three-term senator with a long and vocal history speaking out on foreign policy issues. | |
| 7.16pm ET00:16 | |
| Lindsey Graham gets a question the very instant he sits down on stage and becomes the first candidate of the night to go after China. He won’t be the last. | |
| 7.16pm ET00:16 | |
| Jeb Lund | |
| John Kasich just called for a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, and the Alexander Hamilton on the ten-dollar bill in my pocket just went: “Uh...” | |
| 7.15pm ET00:15 | |
| John Kasich dodges a question on NAFTA and urges the need to “protect” workers | |
| 7.12pm ET00:12 | |
| Tonight’s forum is already showing how awkward the debate will be on Thursday as candidates only have a few minutes to speak and try to rush in their entire platform in one whole breath. Santorum now rushes off and Kasich comes on the stage in what feels more like a substitution in a football game than a political debate. | |
| 7.11pm ET00:11 | |
| Jeb Lund | |
| Rick Perry took about 0 seconds to pivot from the question about illegals already in the United States to a pre-packaged comment about securing the border, and Carly Fiorina is already totally checked out, looking at her phone. This is how Carly Fiorina can generate enthusiasm across the aisle. | |
| 7.10pm ET00:10 | |
| Rick Santorum praises Maine’s controversial governor Paul LePage on stage as he discusses welfare reform. | |
| 7.09pm ET00:09 | |
| Perry is off the stage after three minutes and it’s now Rick Santorum in a rather speedy switcharoo. | |
| Santorum immediately pushes his tax plan to incentivize manufacturing. | |
| 7.06pm ET00:06 | |
| Perry dodges on reducing legal immigration while pushing for a stronger effort to track those illegal immigrants who have overstayed their visas in the United States. | |
| 7.03pm ET00:03 | |
| Rick Perry takes the stage as the forum begins | |
| Perry gets the event kickstarted and the first question is about immigration reform. | |
| Interestingly, all the candidates are sitting in the first row and watching the forum while sitting together. | |
| Updated at 7.06pm ET | |
| 7.03pm ET00:03 | |
| Jeb Lund | |
| I’m glad that the candidates are being introduced on a small triangular stage, because that means that, like in the Octagon, it’s more difficult to evade strikes and takedowns. | |
| 7.00pm ET00:00 | |
| As Evan McMorris-Santoro from Buzzfeed reports, some candidates are bonding while standing together on stage. | |
| Rick Santorum & Rick Perry kinda bro hugged on stage after Perry stood on his tiptoes for a sec next to the towering Pataki | |
| Updated at 7.07pm ET | |
| 6.58pm ET23:58 | |
| All 11 candidates present are now being brought on stage in alphabetical order so that the audience can give them a round of applause and they can stand awkwardly together to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. | |
| 6.52pm ET23:52 | |
| The audience at St. Anselm is told that “the show will begin momentarily” over the PA system. | |
| It’s a very interesting choice of words for a presidential forum. | |
| 6.47pm ET23:47 | |
| Jeb Lund | |
| I am extremely excited for the 2016 Republican Candidates “Voters First Forum” live on C-Span and broadcast from the KIA Sign-and-Drive Sales Event. | |
| 6.46pm ET23:46 | |
| Austin Barbour, a top strategist for a pro-Rick Perry superPAC, tweets that the former Texas governor will be the first candidate to appear on stage tonight | |
| At 7:00 EST @GovernorPerry is up first in the Voters First Presidential Forum live on @cspan | |
| 6.41pm ET23:41 | 6.41pm ET23:41 |
| Earlier today … | Earlier today … |
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| The forum doesn’t start until 7PM but several new polls have come out tonight. | The forum doesn’t start until 7PM but several new polls have come out tonight. |
| The most eye popping poll comes from South Carolina where, according to a poll conducted by Gravis, Donald Trump is supported by 34% of Republican primary voters. This is more than the next three Republican candidates, Ben Carson, Jeb Bush and Scott Walker combined. | The most eye popping poll comes from South Carolina where, according to a poll conducted by Gravis, Donald Trump is supported by 34% of Republican primary voters. This is more than the next three Republican candidates, Ben Carson, Jeb Bush and Scott Walker combined. |
| The poll also contains some rather detailed crosstabs which show that Trump is supported by 64.5% of self-identified Hispanics who plan on voting in the Palmetto State’s Republican primary. However, considering that the poll also indicates that 100% of Jewish Republicans in the state will back Chris Christie, it is likely those numbers have a high margin of error. | The poll also contains some rather detailed crosstabs which show that Trump is supported by 64.5% of self-identified Hispanics who plan on voting in the Palmetto State’s Republican primary. However, considering that the poll also indicates that 100% of Jewish Republicans in the state will back Chris Christie, it is likely those numbers have a high margin of error. |
| In another poll released today by NBC and the Wall Street Journal, Trump is in first place among Republican primary voters nationwide with 19% of the vote. He is closely followed by Scott Walker at 15%, Jeb Bush at 14% and Ben Carson at 10%. | In another poll released today by NBC and the Wall Street Journal, Trump is in first place among Republican primary voters nationwide with 19% of the vote. He is closely followed by Scott Walker at 15%, Jeb Bush at 14% and Ben Carson at 10%. |
| 6.29pm ET23:29 | 6.29pm ET23:29 |
| Hello and welcome to our coverage of the Voters First Forum in Manchester, New Hampshire, which won’t be a full-fledged debate but will offer a good preview of the fireworks expected in Cleveland on Thursday for the first official 2016 presidential debate. | Hello and welcome to our coverage of the Voters First Forum in Manchester, New Hampshire, which won’t be a full-fledged debate but will offer a good preview of the fireworks expected in Cleveland on Thursday for the first official 2016 presidential debate. |
| Tonight, 14 of the 17 Republican candidates for the White House are scheduled to take turns answering questions on stage at Saint Anselm College in a forum broadcast nationally from 7pm ET on C-Span. Eleven of them will be there in person, while senators Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio will participate remotely from Washington DC. (They couldn’t miss a scheduled vote on defunding Planned Parenthood.) | Tonight, 14 of the 17 Republican candidates for the White House are scheduled to take turns answering questions on stage at Saint Anselm College in a forum broadcast nationally from 7pm ET on C-Span. Eleven of them will be there in person, while senators Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio will participate remotely from Washington DC. (They couldn’t miss a scheduled vote on defunding Planned Parenthood.) |
| The only two candidates not participating are former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee and real estate mogul Donald Trump. | The only two candidates not participating are former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee and real estate mogul Donald Trump. |
| The event in Manchester will be the largest gathering of presidential candidates so far in the 2016 campaign and allow voters to compare and contrast how each candidate performs while under pressure. Ben Jacobs will be here with your liveblog, Sabrina Siddiqui is in New Hampshire, and Guardian columnist Jeb Lund will be keeping a watchful eye on the candidates. | The event in Manchester will be the largest gathering of presidential candidates so far in the 2016 campaign and allow voters to compare and contrast how each candidate performs while under pressure. Ben Jacobs will be here with your liveblog, Sabrina Siddiqui is in New Hampshire, and Guardian columnist Jeb Lund will be keeping a watchful eye on the candidates. |