It seemed to me that Rudy is concise and strong on his stands and ducking is not really true when it comes to national security, tax cuts, border control and homeschooling or adoption. Seems to me Fred was still finding his feet and finally smiled once at the end. Mitt looked a bit confused. Mike was solid as surprisingly was old John. But, the people who think Fred won the debate were thinking with their hearts. Mike, Rudy, and then the others was the order of winners. If Rudy wins, Mike has to be his VP. If Mike wins, who knows what guy he will take.
nonsense,
Thopson defined Giuliani with the first two minutes of the debate.
With the Thompson attack which equated Giuliani with Hillary.
Factually that put Giuliani off. It lead to the “you have go to be kidding” non-denial. (he never answer the question or explained away his multiple identical positions with Hillary)
Giuliani and Romney were the same as last time. Thompson did stand out because he did go on the offensive. The others were just irrelevant. McCain gets honorable mention for his “tied up” quip.