The First Republican Debate

Mark Halperin gives Mitt Romney the highest marks on a night that produced no gaffes, but also created no major shifts in the Presidential pecking order

Duncan Hunter

Duncan Hunter, Representative of California

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Smartly took plenty of opportunities to emphasize his national security bona fides, but at times appeared more groping than galvanized. Punctured his own message by first taking credit for President Bush's decision to construct a fence along the Mexican border but then complaining that the border was still too porous.

— Mark Halperin

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