Chris Matthews begins with a great deal of Reagan references, asking Giuliani how we can get America back on the right track.

Giuliani answers with references optimism, shining city on a hill, immigration and health. I feel like he’s trying to cram a lot in a short time.

McCain is asked about Iraq and says “this strategy can win” not saying that it is winning… he comes out swinging at Harry Reid, and notes his comment that the war is lost, saying, “the men and women serving in Iraq reject that notion. If we lost the war, then who won?”

Tommy Thompson says he would have the Maliki government vote on whether they want U.S. troops to remain. If Maliki votes no, we should leave. Gutsy.

(Between you and me, there’s no way that’s Tommy Thompson’s natural hair color.)

Duncan Hunter wants more Iraqi troops handling combat missions.

Romney: If we leave in a wrong way, Iranians could seize the Shia south. Al-Qaeda could get a foothold among the Sunnis, and the border with Turkey could be destabilized by the Kurds. I give him a point for knowing the difference between the Shia and Sunni.

Brownback: “We win the war by standing up for our values.” Yawn. Talks about working with moderate Muslim regimes. Need to engage Pakistan, Egypt. Kinda blah answer. “Have to engage with all the tools of state we have… at the same time you have to confront… we cannot be weak on this whatsoever.”

Huckabee slams Bush for saying he would not fire Rumsfeld before the election, and then doing so after the election. Blames “guys in suits” for “not listening to troops with mud and blood on their boots.” Seems to endorse the whole Shinseki argument, gutsy or risky, depending on your point of view.

Gilmore: President is going to have to bring American people to new foreign policy, new commitment to the Middle East.

Ron Paul: We should have foreign policy of non-intervention. Traditional Republican foreign policy. Cites Eisenhower stopping Korean war, Nixon stopping Vietnam. Don’t police the world.