In an interview with President Bush yesterday, CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo asked the President what he thought of Tuesday’s Republican presidential debate:
BARTIROMO: Did you see the Republican candidate debate? What did you think? Who came out a winner?
BUSH: Were you there?
BARTIROMO: Yes, I was. I was the co-host.
BUSH: You were trying to hoax me into saying you had brilliant questions.
BARTIROMO: No, that’s not what I’m looking for Mr. President.
BUSH: I didn’t watch. I didn’t watch.
Watch it:
[flv http://video.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/bushdebatecnbc.320.240.flv]
The GOP candidates also ignored the President that night. Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, John McCain, Fred Thompson, Mike Huckabee, and Duncan Hunter never uttered Bush’s name during the two-hour debate.
Previous in TP Politics
By clicking and submitting a comment I acknowledge the ThinkProgress Privacy Policy and agree to the ThinkProgress Terms of Use. I understand that my comments are also being governed by Facebook's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.