Tonight's GOP debate has been less aggressive than last night. Gov. Romney has obviously decided that he has to be on the offensive tonight to avoid another fiasco like last night. I think that Senator McCain has decided to tone it down also. I hope they realize that throwing around insults and rhetoric like last night did nothing but harm to the party and the process. Romney is the only one that has gotten under the skin of Mike Huckabee it seems.

Mitt Romney - Obviously on the attack. He has made a lot of good points. He put over his leadership and that he knows how to deal with the economic woes of the country. He may have been hurt by the running of his attack ads. It was a nice job declaring the difference between attack ads and giving the facts. Nice touch on the flip-flopping tag. He truly understands the problems we face and I believe he is the one that knows how to fix them.

Fred Thompson - He was there. That's all I really got to say.

Rudy Guiliani - He seemed kind of non-significant. I understand that he is not a major factor in NH so maybe that is why he is kind of irrelevant. He did do a good job of getting his message across.

Mike Huckabee - It was a nice touch trying to stay out of the attack ad discussion. He said that he took the high road here and he did. I think he came off as a bit weak on...well everything.

John McCain - He still doesn't understand the difference between his amnesty plan and actual immigration reform. One more time: IF THEY GET TO CONTINUE THEIR ILLEGAL ACTIVITY (STAY) THAT IS AMNESTY!!! If nothing else he achieved his plan of not making a mistake.

The focus group at the end may be a preview of Tuesday's primary. The focus group overwhelmingly pro-Romney. I think that the debate played out as follows:
1. Mitt Romney
2. John McCain
3. Rudy
4. Mike Huckabee
5.Fred Thompson

Also, I think that the NH primary results will be in the same order with possible flip of Rudy and Huckabee.

That is all.