Let’s start with the CNN-YouTube Circus. 

Rick Moran pulls no punches.  I think calling CNN “spectacularly inept” is being too kind. 

Blogfather Hugh has the spin round up. 

The Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz has a fairly decent summary.  Yes, Anderson Cooper did a decent job, but CNN is still a Democratic Party shill.  Nothing short of a sinkhole swallowing Atlanta can change that. 

Liberals masquerading as “undecided” Republicans were on parade.  Hillary! – not content to plant questions at her own events, sent a shill to prod the candidates on “don’t ask, don’t tell”.  Yep, that was CNN.  Now you know why I seldom if ever link to that site.  If I wanted to read Hillary! press releases, I’d go to the source rather than her PR channel. 

Silliness abounded from the YouTube questioners. I’d love to see how Hillary! , Obama, or Edwards would have answered that question.  Don’t hold your breath.  It’ll never be asked of them. 

Mitt and Rudy slugged it out over immigration.  Rudy tried (and failed) to revive the already debunked charge that Mitt employed illegal aliens as landscapers.  Although the “Sanctuary Mansion” was a good throw away line, Rudy got hammered by Mitt’s response.  I think that exchange takes the edge of the claim that Mitt is “too nice”.  The audience didn’t like Rudy’s persistent shots at Mitt and booed him for doing so.  Memo to Rudy:  Badgering the witness might work in the courtroom but doesn’t play well on stage.  End memo. 

Mitt and McCain mixed it up over “torture”.  Mitt was right – a debate stage is not the place to declare exactly what methods will and will not be used in interrogations.  You don’t print your playbook for use by your opponent.  Sorry, John – I respect your service and honor your legacy, but you’re wrong on that issue.  By the way, thanks for smacking Ron Paul upside the head with a 2×4.  He’s been needing that for some time. 

HuffPo’s Will Thomas shows his ignorance as it relates to Mormon doctrine. 

I don’t buy David Brody’s post-debate analysis.  Mitt skewered Huckabee on immigration.  The fact that it didn’t phase Huckabee doesn’t matter.  The people now understand he’d give illegal immigrants a better deal than he would citizens.  That’s gonna leave a mark.  The Bible question was silly.  It should not have been asked and has no place in a presidential debate. 

And one I missed yesterday – Mitt visited a NICU in St. Petersburg.  Touching story.