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I was hoping there would be something tonight to change my mind on McCain, but I didn’t find it. I thought he was awful. He suffered from a problem politicians sometimes have in public events: good lines made bad by forced timing. Sometimes, when they have soundbites/talking points that they want to use but aren’t asked the right question, they force them anyway because they’re just so good. Rather than save the line for the next event, they just toss it out there without the right setup. It doesn’t work; they waste good lines.
He’s not my guy. I did not find my guy tonight.
Thompson and Hunter are already setting up the VP race.

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Romney looked better last 30 minutes. He needs to stop talking like a chart analyzer and talk human.
Rudy was the clear loser (cause only the top 3 matter). He bursted his own bubble – he need to appear above them all. His aura was gone – he was another average pol.
I’m a romney guy – I’d give him a B, McCain a B plus, Rudy a D, and the rest F.