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In electoral politics in the United States, all three networks summarized last night's ten-way Republican debate at the Reagan Library in California's Simi Valley. CBS' Jeff Greenfield saw Ronald Reagan looming over the field, counting the invocation of his name 19 times. Greenfield called him "the Republican FDR," an inspiration to today's GOP, because Reagan was the only President in the past 80 years to see his own party win the election at the end of his term--a tough task for the current incumbent to pull off, with his 32% job approval rating.
NBC's David Gregory sized up the three GOP frontrunners, Rudolph Giuliani, John McCain and Mitt Romney. He focused on the "new angst" Giuliani is causing conservatives for his tepid opposition to the Roe vs Wade abortion ruling. He called McCain's criticism of the management of the war an "indirect swipe" at President George Bush. As for Romney, "many felt he came off commanding and telegenic." Outside the top trio, ABC's George Stephanopoulos judged that Sam Brownback made the most progress as a "compassionate conservative" with "a very smooth, very strong, polished performance."
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