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Debate post-game tonight

Tonight, the GOP field squares off again, this time with a joint CNN-Tea Party moderation in Florida. You’ll probably be watching Monday Night Football, so we’ll have you covered with another round of Debate Winners and Losers an hour after the closing remarks. In the meantime, a few links to prep for tonight:

CNN Poll: Perry over Romney, 30 to 18. Bachmann slips to sadness:

“Perry’s biggest strength may be the electability factor, with 42 percent saying he has the best chance of beating Obama next year. Some 26 percent say Romney has the best chance of defeating the president.”

Chriss W. Street argues Perry’s ‘Ponzi Scheme’ Social Security approach could pay off — because younger voters have such a grim view of Social Security’s viability [Big Government]:

“Perry understands that for the last twenty-six years no Republican Presidential candidate has been willing to address the unsustainability of the Social Security funding for fear of being pummeled by Democrats. But recent Rasmussen polling indicates that although Social Security remains a popular with a 73% approval; only 30% of likely U.S. voters favor raising taxes to make sure the Social Security and Medicare trust funds have enough money to pay all promised benefits. Rasmussen determined that only ’26% of voters under 40 believe it’s even Somewhat Likely they will receive all of their promised Social Security benefits. That includes only 5% who say it’s Very Likely those benefits will be paid.’

“The key to President Obama’s election victory in 2008 was the 22% voter preference he enjoyed in under 30 voters. Perry’s denigrating of Social of Security as a Ponzi scheme may turn out to be a powerful wedge issue that may turn younger voters away from Obama this fall.”

Tim Pawlenty endorsed Mitt Romney earlier today, Chris Cillizza assesses how important it is:

There’s little question that any of the candidates left in the field would have been glad to have Pawlenty’s endorsement. But, like most endorsements, it’s easy to ascribe too much importance to it. Pawlenty can help Romney but his endorsement is something well short of a game-changer.

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