Thursday, September 6, 2007

After Some Reflection...

I can't decide who won the debate. Rudy stayed on message the best, but never said anything outside of "I ran New York City, and it was good." McCain showed he wasn't dead and had a few lines, so having a pulse was a win for him. Romney had by far the hardest set of questions trained at him and looked the most uncomfortable of the front-runners because of it, but he also made solid points substance wise and didn't do anything to jeopardize his status as leader in Iowa, New Hampshire, Michigan, and Nevada... coincidently all the early states.
But ignoring the "front-runners" I thought Huckabee was the most impressive. His exchange with Ron Paul was almost too easy. The other candidates need to use Paul more as a punching bag, it helped Rudy in the first debate, it helped Huckabee here. Props.
The major wildcard will be Fred Thompson, who didn't get nearly the hard questions someone like Romney got as Leno was perhaps a tad more receptive than random diner patron taking pot shots at candidates. We'll see how well he fares now that other candidates wont feel compelled to be polite since he's officially a candidate.
I'm looking forward to a shake up and a sprint until the primaries at the turn of the new year.

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