Speaking purely from the point of image..which is about all one can accomplish in 30 & 60 second sound bites...Duncan Hunter and Jim Gilmore were the clear winners last night, in that as supposed 2nd tier candidates, they showed that they belonged on the stage. Romney was very impressive, very polished. Rudy was, IMHO, the big loser. He looked smaller in stature, not as much at ease as the others, probably because he had to work much harder at his replies. Thompson looked rumpled, and grumpy...like he’d just gotten off an airplane after a 12 hour flight. Tancredo came across as very sincere, caring..less abrasive than he does in some of his TV appearances. It was a plus for him. And Brownback, a wonderful speaker, had the most sincerity of the group.
I would have to agree. The second tier didn’t get as many opportunities for face time and had to make it on their own. I was quite pleased with the amount of information Hunter was able to force into the miniscule amount of air time he had. He made good use of it.
I was surprised by how poorly Rudy did. Maybe we won’t be hearing so much about him at FR now.
Excellent summary!
Thanks for your thoughtful analysis.
Just skimmed the video, looking for key parts in the transcript...
Hunter and Tancredo did well :-)
> Rudy was, IMHO, the big loser.
Absolutely! Mr. Nervous McCrankypants sure didn’t like having his liberal views laid out in full and stark fashion.