S.C. Republican Debate / First Round

On the terrorism question, the three front-runners were the best by far, with Tommy Thompson once again bringing up the rear (it's really impossible to count Ron Paul in general). McCain sounded better, Romney sounded the most detailed and knowledgeable, and Giuliani was strong and convincing, as he always is on these matters.

The questions sure are better than the last debate -- tough, but so far, none of the weird and irrelevant stuff.

BTW, it's hard to gauge these things from a TV set, but it did sound like McCain noticeably received the most subdued reception of any of the major candidates.