The overall winner of the debate?

Mitt.

Not because he did the best speaking during the debate,(He actually had a so-so debate) but rather Mitt needed Newt to do really good so that there would be 2 strong conservatives in the SC race.

Mitt got what he needed from Newt, a solid performance.

Because Rick and Newt both turned in what might be their best debate, it adds up that Mitt should be able to sweep to an easy victory in the SC primary.

Newt did just what he needed to do to really drag this out and provide him with a chance to head to Florida.

Rick did his best, and if you just score the debate then Rick might actually have scored the best debate performance, but Rick needed Newt to fail, and that did not happen.


Ron Paul seems to have dropped off the media radar today.
Thats not a real big deal for him at this point as Ron Paul is from the West and so he still thinks he will do a lot better in western Primarys