Rating last night's debate (UPDATE: AHHHNOLD OFFICIALLY ENDORSES MCCAIN)

Samantha Sault at The Weekly Standard blog has a link roundup of blogger reax to last night’s GOP debate, where there were some testy exchanges between the two frontrunners.

I personally think McCain came off as more arrogant than normal, not to mention blatantly dishonest – which I’ll address more in the post I’m writing about the Mc, Mitt, and the state of the Republican party. Mitt Romney needs to capitalize on this in the coming days leading up to Super Tuesdsay.

The rumors about the Romney campaign planning to not runany ads in advance of next Tuesday’s primaries were exaggerated, as the Romney campaign announced today that they are planning to run a “significant” number of ads prior to Tuesday.

If polls are any indication, it’s going to be an uphill battle for Romney in several Feb. 5 states, but one that hopefully he can overcome. That’s not an endorsement of him from me, BTW – it’s just me stating who’d I’d rather see win the Super Tuesday delegates. McCain is starting to feel a little too comfortable in the driver’s seat, and he needs to feel a little heat, because I think he’s taking being in the driver’s seat for granted, and acting like support from the base is “owed” to him rather than being earned. The senior Senator from AZ needs to understand that it doesn’t work that way.

Update: The Governator has officially endorsed the Mc.

Kimberly says:

January 31, 2008 at 1:09 pm

I came off watching that debate even more furious with John McCain that I was before. He was smug, condescending, arrogant and an unrepentant liar.

Mitt Romney is not my guy. He is the one I want to vote for only because it has come down to a contest between him and McCain. But I find Mitt Romney to be a likable person. He seems decent. He seems like he wants to do a good job.

I don’t get that feeling from McCain. All he leaves me with is a feeling that he thinks he is better than I and the rest of best are. He is going to tell me to go to hell and I better like it! Um, no thanks. All I was left with last night was that this man should not be the President of the United States.

Lorica says:

January 31, 2008 at 1:11 pm

because I think he’s taking being in the driver’s seat for granted, and acting like support from the base is “owed” to him rather than being earned.

Amazing how fast McCain starts taking us for granted. As if the old people vote and Cuban American vote will follow him around everywhere. Equally amazing is just how fast he reverts to his liberal tendancies of thinking that he is owed something. – Lorica

TedintheShed says:

January 31, 2008 at 1:41 pm

Arnold endorses mcCain, eh?

So he complains about the influx of illegals almost bankrupting his state, then endorses Juan “open borders” McCain. The man who’s “hispanic relations director” was on Vicente Fox’s cabinet, who has dual citizensship and who decries a “Mexico first” LaRaza type policy?

But Juan McCain will execute the GWOT!

Does anyone recognizes the parody of a pro amnesty candidate that promotes an open border/amnesty approach on the southern border as stingently as he does?

Kind of conflicting, dontcha think?

Juan McCain for Prez in ’08!

Brainster says:

January 31, 2008 at 2:17 pm

Advertising in California? Uh, somebody might want to tell Mitt that it’s not winner take all there. If he wants to win (rather than keep the donations flowing), then he has to go into New York and New Jersey, which is going to require real dough. And don’t kid yourself; he’s not going to be advertising in LA or any of the expensive markets in California; I suspect his plan is to hit some of the smaller Central Valley cities–Stockton, Fresno, Tracy, etc.