Who Won, Who Lost?

As always, that answer depends on who you talk to — the campaigns will always say that they did well (unless your spokesman is former campaign manager Ed Rollins). The emerging consensus seems to be that Romney won, Perry emerged from the debate with some scraps and bruising but he’s still the frontrunner (and it’s worth pointing out that his performance in the first half of the debate was noticeably stronger than in the second half), and that Michele Bachmann couldn’t change a political narrative that seems to have written her off.

Next up; the Prez tries (yet again) to convince us that the fix to our broken economy is to throw still more $$ at the problem.  Been there – done that!  In any event, it should be good for an afternoon laugh.

Here’s the lineup for future GOP presidential hopeful debates.  Don’t miss ‘em.

September 12th, 2011	Air time TBD on CNN Location: Tampa, FL Sponsor: CNN and the Tea Party Express Participants: TBD
September 22nd, 2011	Air time TBD on Fox News Location: Orlando, FL Sponsor: Fox News and Florida Republican Party Participants: TBD
October 11th, 2011	Air time TBD on Bloomberg Television Location: Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH Sponsor: Bloomberg, The Washington Post and WBIN-TV Participants: TBD
October 18th, 2011	Air time TBD on CNN Location: Las Vegas, NV Sponsor: CNN and the Western Republican Leadership Conference Participants: TBD
December 10th, 2011	Air time TBD on ABC Location: Des Moines, IA Sponsor: ABC News and Republican Party of Iowa Participants: TBD
January 12th, 2012	Air time TBD on PBS Location: Iowa Public Television in Johnston, IA Sponsor: Des Moines Register and Iowa Public Television Participants: TBD
January 30th, 2012	Air time TBD on Fox News Location: Des Moines, IA Sponsor: Fox News and Republican Party of Iowa Participants: TBD
February, 2012	Air time TBD on ABC – Likely between February 7th and 13th Location: NH Sponsor: ABC News and WMUR Participants: TBD
February, 2012	Air time TBD on Fox News – Likely between the 19th and 27th Location: SC Sponsor: Fox News and South Carolina Republican Party Participants: TBD
March 5th, 2012	Air time TBD on NBC Location: Reagan Library in Simi Valley, CA Sponsor: Reagan Library, NBC News and Politico Participants: TBD