Duroc: Tonight’s GOP debate was appalling. Booing a gay soldier who served our country proudly? Really? The Tea Party wing of the GOP is absolutely sickening. Although I don’t agree with them on everything (and I’m still perfectly happy with Obama), I give credit to Romney and Hunstman for keeping it classy. Perry has shown himself to be an absolute dolt. He’s like the dim-witted captain of the football team who think she can get by in life with his good looks and his charm. And it’s funny to hear someone who is personally responsible for executing 200+ people say that he will alway side with “life.” What an ugly damned primary this is going to be. What an ugly general election it’s going to be. If I wasn’t such a political junkie, I’d wish to be 5 years old again so I wouldn’t feel compelled to pay attention to this garbage. (AP photo: Texas Gov. Rick Perry, left, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, share a laugh during a Fox News/Google debate Thursday)

• Romney pivots from Social Security to illegal immigration against Perry/Boston Globe

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