Twitchy Live Blogs the First 2024 GOP Presidential Debate

She CAN'T be serious.

Thanks for joining us tonight!

SHEW! We made it! You guys, thank you for being with us for the last two hours - you're awesome! We plan on doing this during the next debate ... hope you'll come back and hang with us. 

Have a great night and GOD BLESS AMERICA! 

Ron DeSantis: Ron working really hard to be human - I respect that. I know he's struggled with accusations of being robotic. He's getting everything out in his speech, points - strong finish. Grade: B+

DeSantis: "We will send Joe Biden back to his basement." -- That will be a short trip because he's already there. 

Vivek Ramaswamy: Lots of talking points - I don't feel like he's exactly giving a speech but that he's sort of barking a bunch of bumper stickers at me. I get it, but eh. Grade: B+

Pretty solid closing arguments from everybody so far, but maybe that's the power outage beers talking. 

Mike Pence: Pence reminding us how much Biden sucks (we know, Mike). But I like his optimism and his push for conservatism and the American people. Pushing the God stuff is interesting. Grade: B-

Nikki Haley: She just seems really pissed off. I feel like I'm in trouble ... lol. I know she's saying some good things but her delivery just doesn't work for me. Grade: C

Chris Christie: Reminding us he can beat a Democrat - please tell me he didn't just try and compare himself to Reagan. Bro. And he went over his time. C-

Tim Scott: Inspiring, the dream is alive - love hearing him talk about his mom and the advice she gave him. Good laugh. Great points. Shorts, sweet, and didn't go over his time limit. B+

Tim Scott: "If God made you a man, you play sports... against men." 

Asa Hutchinson: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ zzzzzzzz ... sorry ... I'm trying. Zzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzz. Wait, did he say Reagan? Huh. Zzzzzzzzzzz. Zzz. ZZZ. Grade: D

Burgum doing a decent job ... but talked about himself a little too much. Grade: C

The power went out at my place for over an hour and is finally back. Not sure if I've had more beer than Sam has had wine at this point but I'm back in the game for the last few minutes of this thing.

Giving grades on their closing statements ...

Only 39% of Americans feel proud to be an American.

Interesting points by the talking heads - DeSantis was prepared to be attacked tonight, and they've all been attacking one another, not him. 

CLOSING ARGUMENTS coming up - almost done with this last glass of wine.

Still with me? We're almost done. lol

Yes, I'm getting more and more honest as the night goes on ...