This has been an interesting primary so far, considering we are only 3 states in. The polls have swung wildly to almost every candidate going back to last summer. Almost seems like when someone becomes the frontrunner in the polls, they drop like a rock within weeks. We had Bachman, Perry, Cain, Gingrich, Romney, and now Gingrich again. Maybe best to be a close 2nd and rack up enough delegates and fly slightly under the radar LOL. Being a frontrunner is dangerous!
This was a pretty low key debate as compared to last week. Mitt helped himself some. Gingrich didn’t hurt himself. Santorum looked better than last Thursday. In the end, this one probably doesn’t change much.
I think this race goes all the way into May and June now. Which is good. At least it forces the media to talk about the republican candidates. And Obama is kind of getting drowned out right now. And regardless of who gets the nomination, these large number of debates and drawn out primary battle will only strengthen the republican nominee.
True! Although it's been the conservative frontrunner who has been taken down time and time again, not the moderate frontrunner (Mitt). Which speaks to how much the establishment wants to promote and protect moderate candidates, those that they view as more media friendly perhaps.
Maybe best to be a close 2nd and rack up enough delegates and fly slightly under the radar LOL. Being a frontrunner is dangerous!
True again! And Santorum looks to have benefited from that tonight, although i don't think he has enough money or organization at this point to really make much headway. He did look good in this debate, i'll give him that. But no one is really gunning for him at this point, for as you say he's "flying under the radar", so that makes it easier to come out looking good. Still, he finally seemed to get the right tone. Assertive and at times forceful without sounding whiny and pompous (at least from the bits i saw of the debate).
In the end, this one probably doesn’t change much.
I hope you're right. I've felt nervous about this debate all day for some reason, and perhaps that caused me to think Gingrich was doing worse than he really did. It was a boring debate. Doubt all that many viewers watched the whole thing. My concern is that many of them may have only watched the beginning where to me Gingrich was at his weakest.