IF what you say is true about the "debate" on MSNBC was a planned event for bashing the Republican candidates (and I do not think it went down like that) - why did the Republican candidates bother to attend? Maybe they should have figured that a liberal station like MSNBC would try to just get them to turn on each other and would not attend. Why didn't FOX have them on their staton with the FOX moderators as the hosts?

It gave Americans a chance to see the characters running - so far - and to get a very brief look at their views.

I would still like to get the viewpoints on Michelle Bachmann being upset that children are required to have vaccinations before attending school.

No one put their foot in their mouth. No gaffes. Big winner, in my viewpoint, was Jon Huntsman with Mitt Romney coming in second. Santorum was definitely dead-last.