One of the mysteries of Mitt Romney’s campaign until tonight was how could a guy with so much money not buy himself a better debate coach. But sometime between South Carolina and tonight, the private equity investor must have made the right investment. Tonight, for the first time ever in a Republican presidential debate, Romney was extremely effective, particularly in the first half-hour when he took it to Newt Gingrich on the question of the former Speaker’s scorched-earth rhetoric. He had Gingrich on the defensive for the first time since this interminable run of debates began.

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