First District Debate: Rod Blum (R) & Pat Murphy (D)

Live coverage of the Iowa First District Congressional debate between Rod Blum and Pat Murphy from Coe College in Cedar Rapids.

3rd & 7 37yd

.@BlumforCongress : Obama foreign policy can be summed up as allies don’t respect us, enemies don’t fear us. #ia01

by CaffThoughts via twitter 10/9/2014 12:32:26 AM
REALITY CHECK: @patmurphy4iowa 's—25 yr. career pol.—desperate, dishonest attacks on @BlumforCongress backfire: iowagop.org/2014/10/03/rpi… #ia01

by PatchDC via twitter 10/9/2014 12:32:40 AM
Uuuuhhhh. Does Rod Blum know what the Arab Spring is? It doesn't sound like it... #IAvotes

by BobbyBauch via twitter 10/9/2014 12:32:59 AM
.@BlumforCongress : Obama foreign policy led to ISIS #ia01

by shanevanderhart via twitter 10/9/2014 12:33:01 AM
.@BlumforCongress : Congress should declare war. #ia01

by CaffThoughts via twitter 10/9/2014 12:34:00 AM
.@PatMurphy4Iowa : We should not be the world police. #ia01

by CaffThoughts via twitter 10/9/2014 12:34:36 AM
Who ever thought #Ebola would end up being a debate topic? #ia01

by shanevanderhart via twitter 10/9/2014 12:36:32 AM
.@BlumforCongress : We should try to keep Ebola in West Africa, by going to treat it there. #ia01

by CaffThoughts via twitter 10/9/2014 12:37:18 AM
.@PatMurphy4Iowa : CDC funding has been cut by 10% #ia01

by CaffThoughts via twitter 10/9/2014 12:37:48 AM
Pat starts every answer with "X that's a good question" #iavotes

by Joel McGuire via twitter 10/9/2014 12:37:55 AM
Less Government might be to our detriment especially when it comes to our public health @PatMurphy4Iowa #IAvotes #IA01

by DebiNagle via twitter 10/9/2014 12:38:37 AM
Less Government might be to our detriment especially when it comes to our public health @PatMurphy4Iowa #IAvotes #IA01

by DebiNagle via twitter 10/9/2014 12:38:38 AM
Wow.... @PatMurphy4Iowa : Less government may be a detriment when it comes to public health. #ia01

by shanevanderhart via twitter 10/9/2014 12:38:46 AM
#IA01 on Ebola:
@BlumforCongress : no one knows threat, could cause recession.
@PatMurphy4Iowa : we've cut CDC budget, need to give local help

by Clay Masters via twitter 10/9/2014 12:38:51 AM
? Social security going bankrupt what would you do @PatMurphy4Iowa I wouldn't change the system #washingtonbroken #ia01

by RyanRhodes via twitter 10/9/2014 12:39:49 AM
"I'll tell you right now, I won't raise the retirement age. This is an earned benefit." #IAvotes #IA01 #PromiseKept

by Rep. Pat Murphy via twitter 10/9/2014 12:40:00 AM
"I'll tell you right now, I won't raise the retirement age. This is an earned benefit." #IAvotes #IA01 #PromiseKept

by Rep. Pat Murphy via twitter 10/9/2014 12:40:00 AM
.@PatMurphy4Iowa doesn’t want to raise minimum age for Social Security, don’t privatize... #IA01

by CaffThoughts via twitter 10/9/2014 12:40:07 AM
Now @rodblum wants to protect social security now. Really!!! #IA01 #IAvotes

by Mike Little via twitter 10/9/2014 12:40:51 AM
Now @rodblum wants to protect social security now. Really!!! #IA01 #IAvotes

by Mike Little via twitter 10/9/2014 12:40:52 AM
.@PatMurphy4Iowa avoids answering how he would actually fix Social Security & Medicaid. #StatusQuo #IA01

by shanevanderhart via twitter 10/9/2014 12:40:56 AM
.@PatMurphy4Iowa : I am not reforming social security. #ia01

by CaffThoughts via twitter 10/9/2014 12:42:44 AM
. @patmurphy4iowa says "reform" of Social Security not needed— just raise taxes. @BlumforCongress consider more options. #ia01

by PatchDC via twitter 10/9/2014 12:43:29 AM
You have a classic statist vs. constitutionalist debate going on here. #ia01

by shanevanderhart via twitter 10/9/2014 12:43:49 AM
One candidate in #IA01 will protect social security and medicare - @PatMurphy4Iowa #TeamMurphy #IAvotes #PromiseKept

by RayRayBowman via twitter 10/9/2014 12:45:18 AM
One candidate in #IA01 will protect social security and medicare - @PatMurphy4Iowa #TeamMurphy #IAvotes #PromiseKept

by RayRayBowman via twitter 10/9/2014 12:45:18 AM
.@BlumforCongress : When has government ever brought down the price of anything? #ia01

by shanevanderhart via twitter 10/9/2014 12:45:34 AM
.@BlumforCongress : There is no one reason the cost of healthcare is so high. #ia01

by CaffThoughts via twitter 10/9/2014 12:46:05 AM
.@PatMurphy4Iowa : Don’t repeal Obamacare... fix the website. #ia01

by shanevanderhart via twitter 10/9/2014 12:47:21 AM
The moderation for this debate has been simply awful. #ia01

by shanevanderhart via twitter 10/9/2014 12:47:42 AM
.@PatMurphy4Iowa : I believe Climate Change is real and some of it is man made. #ia01

by CaffThoughts via twitter 10/9/2014 12:48:29 AM
. @BlumforCongress wants 2 fix O'care. @patmurphy4iowa supported it. FYI: ACA to cause IA premium jump of 8-15% ow.ly/Ctkef #ia01

by PatchDC via twitter 10/9/2014 12:48:59 AM
"To fight climate change we have to make it about creating high quality jobs - like we have here in Iowa." #IA01 #IAvotes

by Rep. Pat Murphy via twitter 10/9/2014 12:50:03 AM
"To fight climate change we have to make it about creating high quality jobs - like we have here in Iowa." #IA01 #IAvotes

by Rep. Pat Murphy via twitter 10/9/2014 12:50:03 AM
. @BlumforCongress we need to preserve the enviro., most climate change activists too alarmist. Fragile econ. can't afford more regs. #ia01

by PatchDC via twitter 10/9/2014 12:50:56 AM
.@BlumforCongress : We need to be environmentally friendly, but it can’t cost jobs. Our economy is too fragile for that. #ia01

by CaffThoughts via twitter 10/9/2014 12:51:03 AM
.@BlumforCongress gave a substantive answer on climate change... we simply don’t know. Data doesn’t go back far enough, etc. #ia01

by shanevanderhart via twitter 10/9/2014 12:51:42 AM
Lets try to be environmentally friendly, but it really doesn't matter because they found these cool new bacteria recently -Rod Blum #iavotes

by jtv818 via twitter 10/9/2014 12:52:18 AM
.@PatMurphy4Iowa : When vets need something done we need to make sure we act quickly. #ia01

by CaffThoughts via twitter 10/9/2014 12:52:54 AM
Blum spreading misinformation on climate change like it's peanut butter. Melting peanut butter. Like the ice caps. #IAvotes

by BobbyBauch via twitter 10/9/2014 12:53:01 AM
"They are putting their life on the line for this country, and we need to make sure our veterans are taken care of." #IAvotes

by Rep. Pat Murphy via twitter 10/9/2014 12:53:10 AM
Streaming interrupted during infrastructure back and forth. #ia01

by shanevanderhart via twitter 10/9/2014 12:54:37 AM
“@CaffThoughts : .@PatMurphy4Iowa introduced bill in Iowa House to raise minimum wage to $10 .10. #ia01 ” Dems' War on Jobs

by DI2LIVE via twitter 10/9/2014 12:56:30 AM
Why can't republicans follow rules? #noapplauseplease #IAvotes

by BobbyBauch via twitter 10/9/2014 12:58:34 AM
. @BlumforCongress cites Marshalltown co. that pays $100 ,000 a month in energy costs as need to maintain RFS, build Keystone, etc. #ia01

by PatchDC via twitter 10/9/2014 12:59:18 AM