Here’s a summary from the highly-biased pro-Romney Jennifer Rubin of the Washington Post.
Excerpt:
The foreign policy debate Tuesday night was a surprise on many counts. It was lively and serious, which many debates haven’t been. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) exceeded expectations. Rick Santorum showed personal restraint (not complaining about the lack of attention) and displaying his depth of knowledge.
[Bashes Gingrich for a while]
[…]At the other extreme was Bachmann who was poised, informed and knowledgable throughout. She made clear that Obama’s lack of leadership is responsible for Iran’s progress on a nuclear weapon. She defended aid to Pakistan which is in our national security interest. She made an excellent point about sending our dollars to China, which in effect builds up its military at the expense of ours. She pivoted on an energy question to chide Obama for delaying on the Keystone pipeline. If she performs this well in future debates, look for her to make progress reclaiming support in Iowa.
[Praises Romney for a while]
[…]Santorum also had a strong night. He turned the conversation on the “war on terror” to a discussion of jihadism. He defended foreign aid (a smart, but not popular position). On the immigration issue he wove in his support for an economic plan focused on reviving American manufacturing. And he got Romney to agree in the closing round that we have an acute national security problem in this hemisphere. He was calmer and more presidential than he has been in past debates.
However, Gingrich definitely got stung by his support for amnesty. He may be smart, but he’s quite moderate on many issues. Not as liberal as Romney, though.
I think it’s time that the Republican party give Michele Bachmann another look. And I think Santorum is a solid on social and foreign policy issues. He’s just moderate on fiscal issues.
More about Michele Bachmann
Speeches:
- Michele Bachmann’s Republican Leadership Conference speech
- Michele Bachmann’s speech at the Right Online Conference
Reactions from her first debate performance:
Profiles of Michele Bachmann:
And here are some of her media interviews and speeches in the House of Representatives.
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WINTERY KNIGHT 
Actually, I was reconsider Bachmann until this debate when she told an outright lie about Ahmadinejad saying he wanted to nuke Iran this August.
I simply will not vote for someone who tells lies like that.
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Actually she’s right about that:
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/ahmadinejad-iran-is-determined-to-eradicate-israel-1.380629
I think she isn’t a good candidate for you if you didn’t know that – everyone who follows foreign policy knew about that. It was major. If you don’t like foreign policy and don’t know anything about it, then you want to vote for Barack Obama or Ron Paul. But I suspect you know that already.
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He said he wanted to “eradicate the Zionist regime.” That’s quite different from saying you want to nuke Israel. (For example, we set out to eradicate the Taliban regime, but we would have never considered nuking Afghanistan.)
Even if you don’t like Ahmadinejad (I don’t like him) what she said was a lie.
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Who do you think has the best views on foreign policy, Ryan?
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