The Romney-Giuliani Spat

At the debate this week, Romney and Giuliani aimed at each other over taxing, spending and the line item veto. I have been thinking about whether or not this was good for Fred. I have two lines of thinking:

On one hand, the guys fighting are generally the big dogs. They have the most to gain by knocking the other guy down. Not too many people try to destroy Ron Paul--there is nothing to gain by it. No one was trying to knock down Fred, except Matthews.

On the other hand, if you are not involved in the fight, then you are above the fray. This is the view of one commentator, John Fout at The Street:

Sometimes winning an election comes from not losing. If Romney and Giuliani hurt each other, Thompson could quietly wind up standing tall in this race.

I'm not sure which way will be the actual results--I hope that Fout is correct.