Eight Republican candidates are debating in Iowa Thursday night, and this debate, the third, promises to be the most Celebrity Deathmatch-like so far. It comes just a couple days before the Ames straw poll, so it's important for the candidates to capture voters' attention and show why they're better than the other guys. That means not only are the lesser-known contenders more likely to go after frontrunner Mitt Romney, they'll also have the knives out for Michele Bachmann, as her solid performance in the June debate helped her shoot to the top of many polls. Tonight marks Jon Huntsman's first debate, and Tim Pawlenty needs to at least "show signs of life," Chris Cillizza says. We'll be liveblogging their quips, zings, and bad ties. Plus that policy stuff, too.
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7:53p.m.:?How did the candidates spend their pre-debate hours? Reading up on their policy? Practicing their one-liners? Maybe. But Mitt Romney also spent it eating:
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(Photo via Associated Press.)
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That's a pork chop on a stick, guys. Nothing like a pork chop on a stick in August.
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7:40p.m.: Not here tonight? Buddy Roemer, gay activist Fred Karger, and Gary Johnson. (Johnson's?absence?means there probably won't be much talk about legalizing marijuana this time. Sorry stoners.) They didn't perform well enough in the polls.
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