On the Republican Side. I really did not see a clear "winner". I think that the barbs back and forth were totally uncalled for. I mean, They are supposed to be debating issues, not name calling and mud slinging. Although the off the cuff comments by McCain to Romney were great. Although, Huckabee needs to just leave Romney alone. I mean, Romney has him beat money-wise like 10 to 1, he could bury him, if he wanted to.
The Republicans really need to thin that herd out. There’s just too many of them.
Ron Paul is an total idiot, he needs to go to the Libertarian Party. I mean, he’s coming off looking like the resident psycho of the group. He hasn’t got a snowball’s chance in Hades, so, why continue? It just makes the party look bad.
Fred Thompson came off as totally unmotivated, I think he’ll be out by this coming Tuesday.
On the Democratic side, the barbs between Hillary and Edwards and Obama and Edwards looked totally staged.
As far as a "winner" on the Democratic side, I think Edwards and Obama looked good. They did hold the "Change" banner up and defended it well, Hillary started out well, but ended up looking like a "screaming meme" at the end. It was all about her bragging about how much experience she has. I think people will pick up on that come time for the vote.
Richardson is a nice man, too nice for this race, I look for him to drop out, come this vote, he’s already laid off staffers.
And there you have it, the official of center guy’s take on the Debates.