I watched the debate twice. Keyes was the run away winner, he spoke like a man and not some politically correct wimp. Bush was a dork, Hatch and Bauer are both a waste of time. McCain is a nice guy and war hero but still too PC. Forbes is intelligent and has great ideas but has no charisma.
Forbes answer about the Microsoft case went completely over the heads of the moderators. He even said he would fire Alan Greenspan.
Keyes' best moment was when he replied to the moderators comment about his calling the press racist. He made sense and his courage won over many people. He referred to the press as "Phony People"(Yeah!). His comment "when I was third in the polls you (the press) declared it a two man race" had me cheering him on.
Bush stumbled, fumbled and bumbled his way through the debate. Ok, so Texas is the second largest state in the union, so what! What the hell do soccer moms see in him? At least McCain acted like a gentleman when asked the tough question about his temper, he smiled and said "it makes me mad".
Keys hasn't a chance due to the bias of the media, too bad, he talks like a leader. Forbes has as much appeal as a potato, too bad , because his ideas are exactly what we need.
Geoff Ross