Palin.
was palin even in it?
I love Sarah, but she needs to be in the debates!
She may be my favorite but now she needs to get into the fray!
Lol...Palin who?
I’m hoping Palin’s in by the time I go to Orlando at the end of the month for the FL straw poll and FOX debate.
“Palin.”
Yes, of course. But my ratings (strictly on debate points, without favoritism of any particular candidate) of those who were present would be:
1. Romney - kept cool under fire; didn’t make any mistakes appeared congenial, not in the attack dog mode; had a better wetback answer than Perry.
2. Gingrich - kick@$$ mode just like the last debate with the flaming lib media;
3. Huntsman - continued to stand out for holding his ground; whether you agree with him or not (which I don’t), he did exude confidence.
4. Bachmann - had by far the best wetback answer to the wetback questioner pulled from across the border; otherwise her performance was repetitive, mundane, and mediocre.
5. Perry - had several ups and downs; not too bad for first debate, but much fine tuning is required; floundered here and there (the Ponzi scheme bit, while true, will require some spin action; his shining hour was on the death penalty.
6. Santorum - sorry, but I just can’t take this guy seriously; he needs to stop taking up bandwidth and go join Specter in retirement.
7. Cain - if you thought all the drones were in Pakistan, you obviously didn’t watch the debate. A lot like Bachmann with the same monotone routine over and over (but at least she went after the wetbacks). Like her also, solid conservative views, but wake me when it’s time to get excited.
8. Paul - Texas’ Jerry Brown was as incoherent as ever as he floundered all over the countryside trying to explain his positions, or lack thereof.
Of special note was the obvious gotcha questions aimed primarily at Perry (and they affected his performance) and that dufus yahoo from Politico who was as useless as tits on a boar hog.
To every one answering “Palin” (and if serious), she loses lots of points by not showing up to debates.
You need to prove that you can successfully articulate a vision, and a conservative vision IN A DEBATE. 2008 McCain was a bumbling idiot in the debates trying to articulate the conservative point of view.
If you cannot prove that you can debate (stump speeches in front of your bus are not debates), you’re not going to get people’s votes.
Any candidate that thinks they can swoop in unvetted by the GOP base and get the nod is sorely mistaken. We’re not making the same mistake we made in 2008. No way, no how.
But for those there, Perry.
Bachmann looked rode hard and put away wet, she just looked haggard to me.
Gingrich had some good lines, but will not serve to boost him.
Thought Ron Paul damned near lost it when Perry retorted about Paul's letter on Reagan.
Cain did OK, but just barely.
Huntsman, never even left the starting line.
Rick Santorum is yesterday's news.
Nice bump! LOL I agree!
Michell Bachmann won in my opinion. Her focus on unleashing energy production in the United States is the key to our nations economy and security.