Decision 2008: 10 GOP Presidential Candidates meet in Reagan Library for their 1st debate.

Last night the crowded republican field of presidential candidates met at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library for their first nationally televised debates. The 3 frontrunners, Giuliani, McCain, and Romney faced the possibilty of making a mistake and blowing their chances while the 2nd and 3rd tier candidates vy for a spot with the big wigs. Political anaylists give the win to Mitt Romney, however John McCain was examined to come off as the most presidential. Both candidates are said to have performed well. McCain faced challenges for his recent remarks and many worried this debate could be the beginnning of the end for him. He however surprised them all and in our opinion stood out the most and was the strongest candidate on the stage. We have to admit Governor Romney had the best and most well thought out answers and we have to give him the win. Frontrunner Mayor Giuliani who is currently falling in polls, performed well under what others had expected. Many rate his performance to that of Ron Paul last night. The Mayor didn't stand out at all with his ideas, he poorly showed his presidential qualities and wavered on his abortion views. He also wavered on many topics and didn't do as well as Romney with covering up his flip flops. The other candidates are probably still unknown to the public and did nothing to improve that status. They will all likely remain in that postion for a long time. Well no real changes though. The 3 frontrunners remain the 3 frontrunners in the race and the 7 others remain just the also-rans.

Our Rankings of Candidates Performances last night: Scale 1-10
1st: Mitt Romney 8 out of 10
2nd: John McCain 7 out of 10
3rd: Mike Huckabee 5 out of 10
4th: Sam Brownback 4 out of 10
5th: Jim Gilmore 3 out of 10
5th: Tommy Thompson 3 out of 10
7th: Duncan Hunter 2 out of 10
7th: Ron Paul 2 out of 10
9th: Tom Tancredo 1 out of 10
10th: Rudy Giuliani 1 out of 10