Well, last week, we saw the first Republican Presidential Debate in a month. And it started off, well, bad.
Jon King is certainly one of the worst debate moderators around. I can't stand him. The way he asks his questions is sickening. He tries to set the candidates up to argue and look bad, and he leaves at least two of the candidates out on a question for at least 5 minutes! Ridiculous. This is a debate, not a two-man argument. But, enough ranting about Jon King :)
The debate itself was pretty good. Of course, as expected, the candidates were going after Rick Santorum hard because of his rise in the polls. He did a pretty good job of holding his ground, although he faltered a couple of times trying to dig himself out of a hole.
Mitt Romney looked bad. I think he is still shocked he isn't completely dominating right now. It seems that America is beginning to see Romney for what he really is... A fake. Hopefully, it will stay that way. As a side note, when he said "You get to ask the questions you want, I get to answer them the way I want" while not answering the question was appalling.
Ron Paul had some very good answers to some questions, especially about spending and contraception. The other candidates still go after him hard when it comes to foreign policy of course, and he has some work to do if he wants to get back in the race.
Newt Gingrich looked like the old Newt again. Quick, witty answers and pounding the finger on the table got him lots of applause. But, he has a lot of ground to make up from what he has lost. We'll see if he can. Rick Perry, who endorsed him, was in the house and is apparently helping him out a bit on the campaign trail. We'll see how it goes.
Over all, it was a pretty good debate. I was glad to see them back on the debate stage answering some questions once more. More primaries are coming up tomorrow, so we'll see what the people of those states think.
Until next time!
-Austin Eldridge
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