Mitt Romney is still the undisputed #1 contender to take on President Barack Obama next November. Tonight's debate saw Romney have to work harder to fend off various attacks, mostly from Rick Perry, but fend them off he did. From health care, to job creation, to immigration, etc. Romney emerged mostly intact with little damage sustained. The charge that Romney knowingly hired illegal immigrants has already been deemed mostly false by Politifact.
Rick Perry was more engaged in this debate, but came across more chippy than Presidential. This was much better than being asleep throughout the evening. Reclaimed at least a top three ranking onstage tonight.
Herman Cain is encouraging American families to do the math themselves on his 9-9-9 plan. Ignore what the experts say. Maybe his plan is very nuanced and no one understands it. Which is bad news for the regular folk who he wants to "do their own calculations." The plan does not seem to do what Mr. Cain claims it will, which is very bad for his campaign's future.
Michelle Bachmann yelling "Anderson!, Anderson! Anderson!" seemed pathetic to me, as is her constant droning on that she was a former Federal Tax Attorney, a Mom, a Christian, an American, a Human, etc. Oh, she also hates Barack Obama...
Rick Santorum continue to not go away. One post debate wrap up called him "the arsonist." Not afraid to get into other candidates faces, he was very forceful throughout the evening. But to what end? When you're polling around 1%, do you really matter?
Newt Gingrich is the guy we all hated getting yelled at by when we were kids. Yes, he's smart. Yes, he knows history. No, I don't think he'll be President, but I'm sticking to my guns on him being a awesome choice for someone's Chief of Staff. He may regret acknowledging that the individual mandate was originally a Republican idea, via the Heritage Foundation back during the Clinton effort to reform health care.
Ron Paul is a dead man walking. Saying out loud we should stop giving aid to Israel is a no-no. He may not even get offered a job in the next Administration for that error.
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