I think the crowd was too pro-Romney for Gingrich to get any traction.

the florida debate was the same and i noticed a lot of debates seemed to be full of pro romney people.

i hope the Obama people make sure this doesn't happen in a GE.

That's the only way Rmoney knows how to get things done.

poll numbers. So who is going to be the flavor of the week after this debate?

Newt to rise again maybe?? I doubt it. Ron Paul.. no way. I think Romney has survived the gauntlet and will likely limp through to the nomination.

but we have less than a week to figure out if it did any damage. I figured Santorum would probably lose Arizona, but a win, any win, in Michigan would give him a claim of victory next week. Mitt does well where there are Mormons and/or well-off people who vote Republicon, but he has yet to prove that he can decisively win an election that doesn't have sizable quantities of either or both.

At some point, he has to break that 50% mark in a real primary where all remaining challengers are on the ballot. That usually happens to an eventual nominee by this point in the season. I say he doesn't accomplish that in Arizona, his only real shot is Massachusetts. Since that's one of his half-dozen "home" states, it won't mean too much.

he's been rising too fast for everyone's liking. As for the Paul/Rmoney tag team, that was a no brainer. Of course it was going to be a tag team and with Newt starying out of the fray as much as possible, he knew that those who are strong supporters will more than likely come his way as lil Ricky's 15 minutes of fame fade.

As for Newt, John King and him must have an arrangement going that whenever the hot button social topic that has to be given at least lip service to, the question goes to Newt so he can feign his outrage over such a question (i.e. last nite's birth control and the SC debate) get the rowdies' all fired up and use it to blame the President. I watched about 3/4 of the debate and Newt was an afterthought until that question.

as there is a general dislike for him. Santorum isn't getting out anytime soon--and unless Newt loses Georgia, he probably is staying in for a while, too. As for Ron Paul it has become clear that he is working in cahoots with Romney, so the hell with him.

and the Obama campaign has really begun to attack him yet.