Thursday's Top 10 Political Blogs

Bloggers today pounced on yesterday's GOP debate in Iowa. Many pundits hated the debate because it didn't generate any controversy and wasn't confrontational. I thought the questions probed for differences between the candidates, which is what voters want. The mistake was inviting Alan Keyes, who has nothing resembling a real campaign.

Republicans

Jim Geraghty hated the GOP debate yesterday because of the boring format and uncontroversial questions. I'm amazed how many people want controversy over substance. Why can't we get answers to questions about issues?

Erick at redstate.com tells Fred Thompson he has to shake up the campaign. He thinks it's time to bring back staffers who drove the initial excitement of the campaign in the spring. I think it's too late.

Thinkprogress has a video of the funny moment in the GOP debate yesterday when the candidates refused to give an answer with a show of hands on global warming. You could get dizzy from all of the "spinning" on that issue.

Michelle Malkin takes the Republicans to task for turning green in the debate. She liked Thompson's refusal to answer on global warming but hated all of the other answers the Republicans gave about environmentalism.

Ross Douthat makes the obvious observation that Mike Huckabee is just winging it. Huckabee has raised the least money of any serious contender and has few policy advisers. His campaign is his persona.

Democrats

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the Huffington Post draws parallels between Hillary and Bill Clinton and Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. He finds that severe hatred for the Roosevelts was matched by strong support and says that should bolster Clinton supporters.