Anti-American old media are pushing McCain as "the one for the independents" shadowboxing Ron Paul out of the picture. Most of them are explicitly backing Rom, who is himself silent partner in the company that recently bought out, what's that little glom, conglomerate? Oh yeah, CLEAR CHANNEL.
Ron Paul was the only candidate I witnessed get *wild* applause - - especially in his first response. The mod anchor baby-bublet had to "remind the audience again to hold their applause until the end. Before the debate, the anchors mentioned that every candidate elected POTUS in the past ~30 years initially won Florida. I hear that Florida may be the worst Diebold (Now named Premier) Den in the country. Its machines are infallible, its proprietary software (a secret recipe!)
That "30-second rule" only applied to Ron. I would light a cigarette to get away from Romney, and come back to find more Romney. Minutes, then cut to McCain, McCain asks Romney a question, Romney asks McCain a question, cut to Romney, ask everyone about the economy except the only economist on the stage.