This was one of the better debates of the season. For all the hand-wringing about the future of the GOP, this was a pretty lively group. The Republican Party is just a lot more interesting place than the Democratic Party. Even Huckabee and Paul add something to the debate (unlike, say, Democratic outliers Gravel and Kucinich), and the other candidates responded to them with serious, substantive answers.
The Democratic debates have been full of empty code words about change, hope, experience, and so on. Tonight we saw more a tumultuous — and more vibrant — GOP.
