GOP debate set for tonight

Clockwise, from top left: Sam Brownback, Jim Gillmore, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, Tommy Thompson, Tom Tancredo, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and John McCain are all set to debate tonight, beginning at 8 p.m. on MSNBC.

I will be live-blogging the debate tonight - I'll definitely be home in time for the start of this one.

The debate will be at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library – at the invitation of Nancy Reagan - and will last 90 minutes. Tonight's moderator is Chris Matthews, who at times can be unpredictable and pugnacious, so it will be fun to see how he handles the questions and answers.

I don't have many preconceived notions going in, but I'm anxious to hear how the candidates will: distance themselves from Bush (or if they won't), deal with the War in Iraq, and most of all, answer some questions on social issues.

Here's a fun game you can try - a drinking game, straight out of your second year in college. (Hey, drinking might be the only way I can get through this debate. Just kidding.)

Anyway, take a drink every time you hear a candidate say these phrases:

• War on Terror("ism")
• Support the Troops
• Cut and Run
• 9-11

If you decide to do it, make sure you a) watch the debate sitting on your bed, and b) TiVo the program, because you won't make it to the end of the debate.

Pic from MSNBC, via HuffPo