There were five guys on the stage. This is how I grade their performance:
Ron Paul----I actually like him. He is a throwback to the pre-Eisenhower Republicans. We forget that it was Republicans who opposed the Korean War and made up the isolation movement in the 1930's. However,that was then and this is now. On foreign policy, Paul gets a big F. On economic issues, he is a bit of a libertarian. Overall, he did not look real good.
Mike Huckabee---the best one-liners all night. However, we are electing a president and Huckabee does not do anything for me. Overall, he gets a C-plus. Frankly, Huckabee's populism bugs me because populism is pure nonsense.
Rudy Giuliani---It was not one of his best nights. Rudy-G was a lot stronger in previous debates. He gets a C-plus. He needed an A because this primary is very important to his campaign.
John McCain---What can you can say about a 71 year old who has a beautiful 95 year old mother campaigning for him? McCain was pretty good. I gave him a B-plus. McCain will always get an A-plus on national security.
Mitt Romney----The winner with an A. Romney got lucky with a couple of the questions. First, his Social Security answer was profound. Second, his answer about the Clintons was just great! Last, but not least, the Mormon question was stupid. However, Romney gave a great answer!
By the way, Dem Senate Majority Leader is a Mormon. Why doesn't he get Mormon questions? Just curious!
Frankly, I find all of these questions about Romney's religion to be repulsive. As Romney said, we do not have a religious test in this country.
The polls show a tight race between Romney, McCain and Giuliani.
It will be close next Tuesday but Romney just moved a little closer to being the front runner!
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Paul got an F in foreign policy? Not really. Didn't you hear the applause when he said the war was a mistake? Maybe you didn't. Maybe you didn't hear the person whisper 'raised taxes' to Romney when he was asked the question about Reagan in '83. Go watch the YouTube, it comes over the microphone on the stage monitors, plain as day. It's sad when men like this run the world and say things like "we were all joking back stage about what questions we were going to ask each other" (Rudy). Paul gets the A in warning what's going to happen to your bank account and gets an A for releasing his economic plan today, along with Don Luskin as his advisor. http://www.ronpaul2008.com/Prosperity
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