I think this is the type of talk that hurts Gingrich. Everyone in the "debate", except Paul, showed a grasp of the issues. Santorum was particularly good on the middle east. Gingrich has been good, but not overwhelmingly so.
We will disagree.
“Everyone in the “debate” ... showed a grasp of the issues. Gingrich has been good, but not overwhelmingly so.”
I’d say they all demonstrated the ability to answer the questions just fine, but Newt goes beyond the surface questions, and that is why everyone speaks of his superior debating skill.
I.e., they all tap danced forever about the privacy question, birth control, gay marriage, blah blah blah. Newt turned the biased question on its head, and showed that the gay agenda isn’t about some couple wanting a long-term relationship. It’s about achieving government approval and subsequent interference, as happened in MA, DC, an other jurisdictions that adopted ‘gay marriage.’ Catholic Charities that had formerly placed half the adoptive babies in those venues was shut out because their religion doesn’t recognize ‘gay marriage.’ In the same way the Boy Scouts were thrown out of public buildings in Philadelphia for opposing the gay agenda. They are not satisfied with anything less than having the full gay agenda met, and its opponents crushed.
The media is pushing that agenda, and that was behind the question. No other candidate went to the underlying question until Newt blew it wide open. Sorry, none of the others begin to compare with Newt on the debate and articulation front.