The best thing about the debate... I wasn’t subjugated to Weiner-gate for a couple of hours. ;-)
Good to hear from Michele Bachmann and is a worthy candidate. She addressed most of the (legitimate) questions well.
Even though I don’t like Gingrich at all, he is a good debater (would have liked him to have to address climate change and his marital infidelity, to name just a few issues). If anybody is seriously thinking of voting for this guy, they should watch “The Real Newt Gingrich” on YouTube. This is not somebody who can beat Obama based on his integrity alone.
Romney made two horrible gaffes... one regarding turning Afghanistan back over to the Taliban forces (before he corrected himself) and the other in regards to Sharia not happening in the United States (very naive of the power of Islamic intimidation... he should look in Deerborn, Michigan). Newt really knocked-out Romney on the Muslim issue.
Herman Cain, who was my favorite and stand-out in the first debate, didn’t stand out as much this time around. Had to play defense a lot on issues like TARP and appointing a Muslim. Disappointed with his DADT response.