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Former Vice President Al Gore; Cenk Uygur, host of "The Young Turks"; and Jennifer Granholm, host of "The War Room," which premieres in January, served up their analysis of the GOP Debate on Saturday night.

Watch video here to get some of their reactions, and check out the transcript of our live chat below.

All 6 candidates are ‘squarely with the 1 percent,’ Gore says

In the next clip, former Vice President Al Gore, former Gov. Jennifer Granholm and “The Young Turks” host Cenk Uygur examine proposals made in the Iowa Republican debate that suggested tax cuts without accounting for its true impact on economic policy or job creation. “In the context of what’s going on with Occupy Wall Street and the 99 percent-1 percent debate — which has really profoundly changed the political dialogue in America — I do think that the agreed upon positions by all six of these candidates we heard tonight is squarely with the 1 percent,” Gore says. “Every single one of them is designed to benefit the wealthiest 1 percent. There’s nothing in it for the other 99.”


Romney out of touch, Paul may see surge

In this first clip, former Vice President Al Gore, former Gov. Jennifer Granholm, "The Young Turks" host Cenk Uygur and "Turks" contributor Michael Shure share their biggest takeaways from the Iowa Republican debate. While Gore believes the debate failed to change the race at all, Granholm suggests that Ron Paul may see a surge in support while Romney has proven that he's "completely out of touch."


Is Newt Romney an actual person?

Next, former Vice President Al Gore, former Gov. Jennifer Granholm, "The Young Turks" host Cenk Uygur and "Turks" contributors Michael Shure and Brian Unger analyze Michele Bachmann's "Newt Romney" stab during the Iowa Republican debate. "When somebody goes negative in one of these debates their own numbers drop," Gore says of Romney's low-key responses. "The big question hanging over this race now I think is whether or not Gingrich will suffer the same fate as the other challengers to Romney have."