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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Tonight's Debate

Yeah, another one.

First one with Newt so far ahead, though.

Two things to watch for (not that I'll be watching).

First, will Romney got all Pawlenty on us, or will he go as hard after Gingrich as his surrogate have started doing?

Second, Gingrich is, frankly, playing the attacks brilliantly.  He's laying down Reagan's Eleventh Commandment and trying to be the bigger man.  Given that his main problem is impetuousness and meanness, what better way to say, "Hey, I'm a new Newt, bathed in the blood of the lamb."  If he maintains his cool while Romney loses his, game over.

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