My Analysis - The Economy Debate

Dana Ritter

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Last night was the second to last GOP debate. It was on the campus of Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.

New Hampshire prides itself on being the "First in the Nation" Primary. The debate last night, sponsored by Bloomberg News and The Washington Post, was focused all about the economy.

It's the number one issue for New Hampshire voters. It's the number one issue for the nation.

Here's my instant analysis of the debate last night.

Mitt Romney = strong again
Rick Perry = didn't shine
Rick Santorum = engaging
Herman Cain = mad, 999
Michele Bachmann = who?
Jon Huntsman = funny
Newt Gingrich = hates Obama
Ron Paul = all about liberty

There weren't a lot of surprises. Rick Perry kind of needed a 'big night' to make up for some miss-steps in previous debates, but he didn't really have it.

I think Herman Cain owned the night, I'd love to check the transcript and see how many times 999 was mentioned.

Jon Huntsman actually got a lot of air time. Sometimes he was funny, but sometimes he was awkward, like when he brought up the Mormon thing. Awkward.

We have one more debate, next week, in Las Vegas. Then a presidential forum in Des Moines.

This field could and should be narrowing soon. Stay tuned.

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Dana
Ritter

Dana Brown Ritter is the Washington, DC Bureau Chief for CBN News. She leads the DC team in coverage of the White House, Capitol Hill, the Supreme Court and other big stories in Washington, as they come up. Prior to returning to CBN News as DC Bureau Chief, Dana was the News Director at WBTW-TV, the CBS affiliate in Myrtle Beach, SC. She's been an Executive Producer at WAVY-TV in the Norfolk-Virginia Beach area, WTAE in Pittsburgh, and a producer at the DC Bureau for Hearst Television. Dana previously worked at CBN News as White House Producer and was the Executive Producer of "The Brody File
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