probably get out of the race. he s got a future in republican politics, he s getting better. it took him 16 debates. it couldn t get worse. he was much better last night. here are mark halpern s grades on this. it was one of a few. we ve said over and over, he s been great in the debates, solid. he takes the hits, they slide off him. but last night, he was off his game little bit. i bet you wish you had hatperson when you were in college. look at the grades. i think perry was a solid b, but mitt romney? that s a harvard b if i ve ever seen a harvard b. to show up in class and we give you a b. santorum, i don t understand the c plus. and actually i think ron paul could have been a little lower than that, even.
phone. as he travels from myrtle beach, site of last night s debate. to florence, south carolina. can you ask him to grade our first hour. i need an a, i haven t had an a in a long time. hello, all y all. you re right about harvard, hard to get bad grades there. but the thing about my grades is i m not a fear critic. i m trying to figure out who is going to be the nominee of the republican party. half of my grade is performance, how they did on the stage. but half is, what does it do to their chances of being the nominee. so romney got a b. now, you re right, his performance was a lot lower than a b. but chances of being the nominee are still very high. but that brings his grade back up. newt, i gave an a minus, very strong performance. but i still don t think he went all the way into making it more likely that he s eventually nominated. does that make sense? no! no! it makes sense to me. i don t care who wins on the stage, if it s whether the