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The Republicans debate. Read the transcript here—if you dare. In a nutshell: these guys are toast. Fred Thompson continued to sound like he has no idea what he's talking about. (Although to be fair, I suppose that's also true for the rest of the Republican field.)

I was just waiting for Romney to say something stupid so I could have an excuse to post this picture. And boy, did he deliver:

"We're also going to have to do a better job keeping our taxes down. [Michigan governor] Jennifer Granholm has made a big mistake by raising taxes. I was, frankly, a little nervous to—by being here tonight. I figured that she was going to put a tax on the debate before we got finished."

Ho, ho, ho. Romney, you card.

While Romney likes to claim that he didn't raise taxes when he was Massachusetts governor, he did help make up for it by raising fees and fines by $500 million. What's a governor to do when he's facing a $3 billion deficit and trying to preserve his anti-tax image for a possible future campaign for the Republican presidential nomination? Maybe try to slap new fees on services for the blind and the mentally disabled? Brilliant.

My favorite part is when Chris Matthews asked Romney if he would go to Congress to get authorization to take military action against Iran.

Romney says: You sit down with your attorneys and [have them] tell you what you have to do.

Yeah, and if you don't like what they tell you, go to the ICU and try to intimidate another one who's bedridden and semi-conscious.

So, anybody else having problems downloading the new Radiohead album?