My overall impression of him from this debate, and the others, is that he is a bit wimpy. He’s much more aggressive in his ads than he is when he’s on the stage with his targets. Remember that exchange a few months ago on the line-item veto, which he finished by conceding that all of the candidates–including his target of the moment, Giuliani–were fiscal conservatives? (In which case, why was he wasting our time on this issue?) When everyone is going after your character, just saying we should stay away from character attacks comes across, at least to me, as a little prissy. He needs to muster some honest indignation, if he can.