In addition to improving poll numbers, Mitt Romney looks like he might get a boost from the Republican Florida primary debate tonight. He'll also get a boost from Fred Thompson dropping out of the race and Mike Huckabee fading as primary voters focus in on the top tier of McCain, Romney, and perhaps Guiliani (pending the outcome in Florida).
If tonight's debate is any indication, Romney benefits as focus shifts from answering abstract questions to prove ones absolute adherence to the ideologies that make up the Republican Party to a more focused debate about specific fixes to specific problems.
On issues such as abortion and gun control, Governor Romney struggles to reconcile his stances taken as Governor of Massachusetts with his new positions as a candidate in the Republican presidential primary.
However when the talk shifts to the economy and even the war, Romney is more absolute and he's able to go on offense rather than play defense. Especially on the economy, his answers are solution oriented and crisp. The economy also plays to his big strength as a smart and successful business man.
On national security and Iraq he is sounding more like McCain and Guiliani as his attack on Hillary Clinton showed tonight.
Like McCain, I think Romney's biggest challenge may be winning the primary with the general election playing far more to his strengths than a Republican primary race does.
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