So who really won and who really lost on the one thing that matters most--appearances?!
Here's how I rank them and why:
1. Rick Perry--looked reasonable and relaxed, very strong instinct to sense an ambush (ask the coyote) and re-direct it into a money shot, even-keeled, respectful to the others and the moderators. Had to be ma'am, that's how he was raised.
2. Jon Huntsman--looked put-together, made some truthful statements, knew how to work the camera, carried himself as if he was smarter than he actually is...which I really hope he realizes.
3. Mitt Romney--dude, who picked out that tie? The man's hair was just shy of "socket shock" and with that 1970s tie he looked like a nervous, mad scientist. (Maybe that was his anti-Perry subliminal ad?) He had some reasonable things to say which helped his ranking, but one wonders how he would do in a really scary situation...like wind.
4. Michele Bachmann--she only looked truly crazy one time, she was calm and in control of her grasp of the information, she did not let herself get rattled, but after the last debate tonight was a breeze.
5. Herman Cain--really liked the suit as it made him appear much thinner, he knew what he wanted to say and he said it. But most of it was goofy.
6. Ron Paul--teensy, little hobbit, more of a small garden gnome really, Paul got lots of face time which upped his stock but, as usual, he seemed agitated and desperate. Did everything but pull on the moderators' pants legs for attention.
7. Newt Gingrich--the luster, if ever there was one, is now gone and Newt was more like the weird uncle who interjects himself into the conversation during Thanksgiving dinner just often enough that you realize he's still there and not yet passed out.
8. Rick Santorum--the man always looks terrified as if he's staring something down that no one else can see. Maybe he is, but it isn't inspiring to watch.
Okay, I've taken up enough ether. I need to go watch the analysts' appraisals of the evening's folly.
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