{"id":729,"date":"2011-08-12T11:15:18","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T18:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.libertymusings.com\/blog\/?p=729"},"modified":"2011-08-12T11:15:53","modified_gmt":"2011-08-12T18:15:53","slug":"who-won-the-iowa-debate-from-arizona-tea-party-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.libertymusings.com\/blog\/who-won-the-iowa-debate-from-arizona-tea-party-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Who won the Iowa debate? (from Arizona Tea Party Network)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Arizona Tea Party Network is running an online poll asking who did the best in last night’s Republican debate.<\/p>\n

Here are the rankings so far, as of 11:00 this morning:<\/p>\n

Newt Gingrich – 34%
\nMichele Bachmann – 21%
\nRon Paul – 9 1\/2%
\nHerman Cain – 9%
\nWish Rick Perry was there – 9%
\nMitt Romney – 8%
\nWish Sara Palin was there – 7%
\nRick Santorum – 2%
\nTim Pawlenty – 1%
\nJon Huntsman – 0%<\/p>\n

I think it was Michele Bachmann. She showed great poise, dignity, and conviction. Yes, Newt had a few zingers.\u00a0But Chris Wallace’s question about\u00a0what can we expect\u00a0about how his administration will function, after what\u00a0we’ve seen of the dysfunction of his campaign and his campaign staff – he had no strong, credible answer to that.\u00a0And that’s big. Really big.<\/p>\n