[CheyennePress]

You honestly believe Fred Thompson won that debate??

[Petronski]

He did win it.

[msnpatriot]

Of course he did.

He was the only one up there not acting!

:^)

***You honestly believe Fred Thompson won that debate??***

[Names Ash Housewares]

“You honestly believe Fred Thompson won that debate??”

Does anyone honestly believe that these are “debates” that can be “won”?

They are round robin Q@A with petty gotchyas thrown in.

[Soul Seeker]

Well, I didn’t watch the full debate but I’ve been watching a few clips and observing quotes from the debate itself.

From what I can tell a few things stood out.

Romney and Rudy’s fight.

Romney stating something about checking with his lawyers first, though I haven’t read the context of that.

Romney’s quip about law & Order, and Fred’s rebuttal about not being the best actor on stage.

Fred’s closing line about it starting to get boring without him being there.

And, Christipher getting smacked down.

I haven’t seen the whole debate, I haven’t watched most of it. But these are the items that I see popping up everywhere on blogs and TV.

Only two of these stand out to me. Romney checking with lawyers...I REALLY need to read the full transcript to see if it’s as bad as that sounds. And the Christipher smackdown. If Romney’s statement IS as bad as it sounds, it’s not the final nail in his coffin but it’s a self inflicted flesh wound.

No one cares about the Rudy/Romney fight.

Fred’s closing joke and the Romney/Thompson exchange added some levity but it’s forgettable.

That leaves “Christopher”. That’s what REPUBLICAN voters are going to take from this and remember. They hate the media, they love when the media gets smacked, and Thompson did so effectively. So, yeah, I’m going to say long term he won this round. I don’t know if it’ll show up in the polls, but his smackdown of Matthews is the main item folks will remember a couple months from now. It’s the main item that resonates in the GOP base.

[Shortstop7]

Oh yeah!! Fred did a good job. Nothing canned about him.

[Josh Painter]

CheyennePress wrote: “You honestly believe Fred Thompson won that debate??”

More than a few people do. National Review’s Kathryn Jean Lopez, for example: “And the Winner Is...Fred Thompson.”

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NDM2OGIwZjU5ZGRmMjAxMzQ2ZWJiOWIzYWFlMzUyYzQ=

[savedbygrace]

One of the biggest clues is that the MSM is trying to convince us that Julie Annie won. I call BS on that.

[lesser_satan]

I don't know if one can "win" or "lose" in this current MSM-soundbite-circle-jerk they call a "debate". At this point it's about meeting expectations, not making any major gaffes, and getting some face-time. In that sense I think Thompson did well. This is proven by the fact that his normal detractors couldn't really find any major faults with his performance. If I had to criticize him on anything I would say he needs to get into more specific policy positions, but in the current format there's really not time to do that.

I would like to see a series of real debates in a traditional format, where there is time for substantiative rebuttals, with 2 candidates at a time and a real, intelligent, serious moderator instead of an angry shrieking little midget like Pissy Chrissy.