Republican debate

• This post originally appeared on Slate. Mitt Romney may not drink, but he was loaded when he entered last nights debate in Jacksonville, Fla. He went after Newt Gingrich immediately and relentlessly.
(CBS News)
• Ron Paul's not campaigning in Florida, and he didn't spend any time at Thursday's debate pretending that he was. The Texas congressman hasn't held a single event in the state since the race moved there after the South Carolina primary.
(Politico.com)
• Not surprisingly, there was a good deal of pandering at Thursday's Republican presidential debate. With the exception of Ron Paul,  the candidates took a hard line on easing relations with Cuba, a sop to Floridas die-hard anti-Castro Cubans.
(Los Angeles Times)
• Newt Gingrich and Gil Scott-Heron are two names you'd least expect to find on the same planet, let alone in a sentence.
(NJ.com)
• is showing why the so-called Republican establishment thinks he has the best discipline, organization and campaign smarts to challenge President Barack Obama this fall.
(msnbc.com)
• The mayor of Tampa was there. Inside the Marshall Theatre on the campus of USF on Monday to view the Republican Debate In fact, two Tampa mayors, three Florida governors, assorted titled state and political officials.
(Examiner)
• The Republican debate in Tampa was the usual 3 ring circus with lots of antics and criticism of their opponents with very little resolution regarding unemployment and tax rates.
(Examiner)
• The Huffington Posts Jon Ward: Members of Newt Gingrichs campaign accused Mitt Romneys campaign of packing the audience for the Republican presidential candidate debate on Thursday night in Jacksonville, Fla.
(Thehill.com)