page_title: 2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums
section_title: June 5, 2007 - Goffstown, New Hampshire
hierarchical_section_title: 2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums / The candidate debates / June 5, 2007 - Goffstown, New Hampshire
caption_attribution_description: English: This picture of Ron Paul supporters at a Manchester rally prior to the 5 June 2007 GOP debate was taken by me and is hereby released into the public domain. DickClarkMises 14:49, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
context_page_description: The 2008 Republican Presidential Debates were political debates before the 2008 Republican Primaries. The first was May 3, 2007, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. Other debates have taken place in New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Florida. They were generally broadcast by television networks.
  The debates can have a substantial effect on the primaries and are important chances for the public to compare the candidates side-by-side.
context_section_description: WMUR-TV, CNN, and the New Hampshire Union Leader hosted Democratic and Republican debates at Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire, part of the Manchester urban area. The debate was two hours, without commercials, making it and the CNN Democratic debate the longest debates in the 2008 season so far.  All declared candidates participated, which excluded Fred Thompson. Wolf Blitzer of The Situation Room and Late Edition on CNN moderated the debate.
  According to the online CNN.com poll, Ron Paul received the most votes in all but two categories: "snappiest dresser," who was Mitt Romney, and "most disappointing performance" who was Rudy Giuliani. The "big three" candidates (Giuliani, McCain, Romney) also received larger shares of air time compared to the "minor candidates."
  A WBZ-Franklin Pierce College poll showed Romney as the winner of the debate at 22%, followed by Rudy Giuliani at 18% and John McCain at 11%. In that poll, none of the other candidates earnered over 3%. Participants in the debate:
  Sam Brownback,
  James S. Gilmore,
  Rudy Giuliani,
  Duncan Hunter,
  Mike Huckabee,
  John McCain,
  Ron Paul,
  Mitt Romney,
  Tom Tancredo and
  Tommy Thompson
  CFR Transcript
  CNN Transcript
  CNN Video
  Video with Closed Caption
  New York Times Transcript
  Entire Debate Video
caption: Ron Paul supporters outside of the debate location
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