I am sure FR are aware of this. I fully expect tomorrow to be horrible with the the media playing up Santorum’s performance.
CNN is pretty much ripping Mitten’s performance.
Santorums ego is big enough to take the bait without thinking out the consequences.
How could anyone on twitter or otherwise be trying to push up Santorum’s debate performance. It was one of the worst I have seen this campaign season. His visuals were bad. Shaking his head when others were talking. Sounded petty at times. All bad debate 101 stuff.
His SOPA answer and reasons were horrible. But hey, thats policy stuff.
Worst thing of the nite.... his answer about his returns being on his computer and his wife couldn’t print them off. LOL. Dog ate my homework. That was a Rick Perry moment. (and I support(ed) Perry)
I think tomorrow will show the debate clips of Newt deftly handling the issue, and saying it was not true and that ABC did not take the witnesses he provided.
Tomoorow will also see Newt’s his adult daughters defending him against Wife #2. One would think their perspective would be heard, as they were presumably there. They are supposed to be on the Today Show as well as others.
This will only be news until Saturday night.
It will not be talked about past then.
ABC News did not have an internal ethical debate or “civil war” on whether to run the interview; the debate was only on when to run it. They knew the half life of the story was extremel;y short and ecided tonight was the best time to do the maximum damage to Newt.
What they did not count on was the extreme statesmanship and sacrifice of the patriotic Rick Perry, who single handed may have helped derail Mittwit’s coronation and then blunted the “bombshell” effect of the Ex-Shrew’s interview by bowing out and endorsing Newt today.
Perry not only did the right thing, the noble thing, and the best thing, what he did will not be forgotten by millions of voters who did not want to be saddled with the ex-Gov. of Mass. as their nominee.