Rick Perry gave a very personable answer when he explained why he didn't end up doing what he had grown up wanting to do --be a veterinarian. He was explaining how God seems to have a sense of humor and introduced Rick to Organic Chemistry when Rick was planning on becoming a Veterinarian. He became a pilot ...
Ron Paul was stump by Luntz's question of naming some faltering point in their lives, some mistake they may have made in life. I guess if you live through medical school and residency, you lose the tracks back through the life before that survival point.
Newt finished the response and it was apparent that the Iowans at that event were really taken by him and his answers. He obliquely answered the question of mistakes, but it gave a sort of unspoken answer for his failing at marriages. His answer seemed well received, like the folks there could identify with his answer.
Rick Santorum was doing so great until he got stuck in one category and just drifted off topic without seeming to realize he was doing so.
Michelle Bachmann acquitted herself very well. Her life experiences seem to have enhanced her resiliency and she appears to have great perspective born of adversity. But her answer on education seemed to drift into a non-answer to the question Luntz posed. I found the opportunity to watch the candidates as they listened to the others responses to be the most meaningful aspect of the hour I watched. They were a pleasant contrast to the Milt Rominy constant smirk and condescension when anyone but him is speaking. Shucks, I think I detected him smirking during one of his own self-aggrandizing answers in the last 'debate'.
Newt said, “we don’t send our military to war...we send our family to war”
Newt has been the uniter. He follows the Reagan law and does not attack the other candidates..he attacks Obama and the MSM ...that rates very high with me. The rest have all attacked and sometimes been vicious
This was the kind of debate we should have.
Instead of candidates lined up in back of podiums, like school kids, being grilled by the enemy. They had substantive questions to answer and to rise or fall on their own...not being hassled by dem/Rat media whores whose agenda is to destroy them.
The debate tonight gave them a chance to really answer questions - and us a chance to size them up. The format ‘around the table’ was great. the close ups give a much more personable look at them as they spoke.
Romney, of course,was a noticeable no-show, not that he was missed. He has written Iowa off and spending his time and money in NH - a face-safe state. He has a home there. To lose NH will be a big blow - followed by Iowa - dominoes, anyone?