Good morning. Thank you for posting the debate.
I didn’t get a chance to see it. From the posts here, please correct me if I’m wrong, but here’s my take:
1. No major gaffs from anyone.
2. Moderators seemed to favor Romney in giving him more time.
3. Ron Paul looked quite small.
4. Romney was his usual slick, stable boring self.
5. Santorum, Huntsman basically rattled on, not being concise most of the time.
6. Once again, as has always been the case, Newt stood out looking like an adult in comparison to the others.
7. Newt with his usual thick skin and temperment, went after the moderators a couple times to huge applause.
8. Perry did well.
9. No one really attacked Romney.
In summary, Romney will probably drop several points, mainly because he was at 41% to begin with, and Newt is sure to get some ground on him.
Huntsman looked weak and for all his campaigning will probably not gain much if any or lose.
Santorum is sure to lose ground as in comparison to Newt and Romney he looked the weaker, esp vs Newt.
I think Newt will do even better tonight.
Can any and all of the FRers who saw the debate comment, as unbiased as possible, on my summation?
Thank you.
You pegged it pretty well. But Romney was also verbose and almost MORE phony than usual. Each sentence sounded frayed with age and repetition. Santorum grabbed each of his turns and did try to express himself in too many words, but said a lot of good things. I thought he was pointed and on target, though not enough at Romney. Santorum and wet did the best. Paul seemed more cocky than usual.