Rick Perry didn’t make himself worse off for the first time. Congratulations, Rick!
Cain was fine but nervous and a little tight. He did well enough but could have done a little more good for himself if he had spoken more broadly.
Romney is smart, informed, experienced, disciplined, hardworking, and well-prepared. Too bad he’s an unprincipled, untrustworthy flip-flopper.
Bachmann and Santorum are nice enough and talented enough and goshdarnit people like them. Just not enough people. I hope we have fewer people on stage at some point.
Newt was Newt which is to say smart, knowledgeable, and on point. Too bad he allowed his character lapses to long ago disqualify himself.
Ron Paul should have shone tonight but didn’t. He just doesn’t know how to make friends.
Huntsman should be outside washing everybody’s cars.
Any of these candidates will be a better POTUS than the Marxist/Socialist who currently holds the office. Please, do not hunker down for your favorite candidate and get STUPID written on your forehead. The only hope we have for smaller government, lower taxes and more personal accountability is to oust the current regime. Do not lose sight of this.
I saw a different debate than a lot of posters here saw.
I think any candidate at that debate tonight would be a lot better than what we have now.
I think every candidate there loves this country and that none of them wants to turn the USA into a socialist hell-hole.
I think any of these candidates would be able to pick good Supreme Court Justices.
I think that whichever one of these people is the Republican nominee for president will be thousands of times better than what we have now.
Anyone who does not vote for the Republican nominee is voting for another 4 years of Obama, IMHO...
That is a succinct and perfect summary of Mitt. I've never hated Mitt. I respect the hell out of what he did to revive the 2002 Olympics. He's a smart guy, and clearly has prepared well. As you said, he has no core convictions and is not trustworthy....and never seems to build any meaningful political following.
He fell short in 2008 in a terrible field, and is hovering in the low 20s despite being the anointed front-runner. I think Romney got the MA governorship in a good time politically for the GOP and on the coat-tails of his Olympic fame. He performed at a level as governor that he didn't even bother to run for reelection. He would have lost. Why is our party pushing a failed one-term governor?