I bring this report to you from the strangest/coolest media filing center I have ever been in. Take a look at it above.
I watched the debate from a bean bag. Google was one of the sponsors of this debate, and the media filing center was completely "Googled out."
It was interesting.
So was the debate, didn't you think?
We've seen these candidates go back and forth on issues like social security and jobs and the economy over and over and over again. I didn't hear anything new on either of those fronts.
Mitt Romney and Rick Perry fought over what each man did or did not put in this or that copy of their book. Herman Cain is still trying to get people to get on board with the 999 plan. Newt Gingrich blames President Obama.
I thought it was interesting some of the points that were made about the issue of immigration.
Perry, obviously governor of a border state, took some jabs from Mitt Romney, who said that children of illegal aliens can get in-state tuition breaks in Texas that could save them $100,000 over a four year period.
"If you're a United States citizen from any other state, you have to pay more, that doesn’t make any sense to me," Romney said.
Perry played the compassion card, saying the kids came to the U.S. not on their own will, but because of their parents.
"If you say that we should not educate children that come into our state for no other reason, that they've been brought there by no fault of their own, I don’t think you have a heart. We need to be educating those children because they will become a drag on our society," Perry said.
Rick Santorum and Rep. Michele Bachmann piled on.
"Why should they get preferential treatment as an illegal in this country?" Santorum asked.
"I would not allow taxpayer funded benefits for illegal aliens or for their children, that's a magnet," Bachmann said, to the tune of applause.
Immigration is obviously a big issue here in the state of Florida. And, Florida is going to be a big deal not only in the general election in 2012, but also in the GOP Primary race.
Cheers from the Google lounge. There is officially no candy, and no coffee left.
