NEWSMAX: They may have started the night fighting over Social Security, but by the end of the first-ever CNN/Tea Party Republican Debate on Monday, it was clear former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Texas Gov. Rick Perry were in it to pick each other apart before the American public.
The two front runners, clearly intended to stay in the spotlight — and keep the momentum in the race — trading barbs on everything from entitlements to job creation to immigration.
They had plenty of help from debate moderator Wolf Blitzer who gave Romney and Perry wide berth to engage, allowing them to go over limits for responses and follow-ups. The six other candidates at the debate took on the two leaders as well, in effect keeping them center stage for most of the night… (more)
