he had one kind of winning moment when he turned to trump about the vaccines and said you re an okay doctor, which i thought was soft, you know, and clever. but he didn t shine. again this, is not his kind of forum. jeb bush? jeb had a b minus. he was he had the moment he was on sometimes, did rather well, i thought held his own. and at the energy, i mean it wasn t he s not a man who is really quick. he s not a man who is sharp. he s rather thoughtful. he did the better than in the first debate. and on the issues, i think he was rather strong. energized thing at the end. okay. scott walker. scott walker, again, this is a lot like the first debate. he was a bit stronger but i
out on the fringes, santorum and ron paul. what s your take-away. settle there s a tweet that said ron paul and rick santorum seemed like chaperones with mitt and newt going at it. we agree with mika s opening question, that mitt romney staunched the bleeding and he s back on the horse. he didn t shine, he still seemed over programmed. at times. still some little awkward talking about his taxes. but he was on the offensive. he had newt answering him. and gave him all the momentum going into this, going into this tough day where he s going to have to deal with his taxes. where he s going to have to deal with the polls that you ve been showing, that show that newt s surge is continuing from south carolina. we showed the ad earlier, mike allen, which seems to be effective in florida, talking about newt gingrich working with freddie mac, even as a lot of houses in florida were going under. whl we see more of this this week? we are and mitt romney will
our political director here at abc, amy walters, kind of said mitt romney came out the winner last night. had a very good debate. cool, calm, collected. didn t make any more bets. probably a smart move on his part. she said the loser pretty much was rick perry. looking for this breakout moment. he didn t get it. that s what i was looking for. looking for perry to do something. had the huge oops moment. clowning around. doing the late night circuit stuff. he didn t shine. didn t shine last night. he was the golden boy a few weeks ago. he was the man. interesting how the twists and turns. see what iowa decides to do in a few weeks. the federal government will stay open this weekend and for the next nine months. congressional negotiators late last night agreed to a trillion-dollar spending package for federal agencies. also signs of movement on the payroll tax deduction, a big issue the last several days. the sticking point remains how to pay for it.
moment when he turned to trump about the vaccines and said you re an okay doctor, which i thought was soft, you know, and clever. but he didn t shine. again this, is not his kind of forum. jeb bush? jeb had a b minus. he was he had the moment he was on sometimes, did rather well, i thought held his own. and at the energy, i mean it wasn t he s not a man who is really quick. he s not a man who is sharp. he s rather thoughtful. he did the better than in the first debate. and on the issues, i think he was rather strong. energized thing at the end. okay. scott walker. scott walker, again, this is a lot like the first debate. he was a bit stronger but i