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I watched both candidates. This was a good forum to actually view the candidates. Alabama did a great job.

Both candidates did well. Santorum started out a little slow but once he began talking about bigger issues/concepts of this election, he hit it out of the park.

Gingrich did very well, also. His presentation was shorter (there was no time limit) and more specific.

Both answered the four questions despite what other posters indicated in this thread.

What I found interesting was the contrast that this kind of forum highlighted between the two candidates. Gingrich is a quick answer, detailed idea man. Santorum is a big picture, core principle man. Gingrich seems to be more top down solution, where Santorum is more of a bottom up (from the people) solution man.

Gingrich gets you cheering when he’s blasting obama or telling you the way something should be done. Santorum speaks about larger concepts/principcles building up to his point (in this talk, it was about freedom). I haven’t heard a presidential candidate be able to talk/communicate like that in some time.

So, unlike the 99% on this thread, I thought both did well in presenting their ideas and showing their strengths. It is very unfortunate it is not a race between these two. As it is, the conservative vote will likely continue to be split, thereby giving the nominateion to Romney by default.

Just my two cents.