Who won the debate?

[BigSkyBob]

It wasn't a forensic debate where the "winner" is the type of speaker whom would be most likely to persuade a jury hand-selected to be as low-IQ as possible to find their guilty client "not guilty."
This debate was a chance for Republican candidates to woe enough caucus and primary voters to further their election chances. The "winner" was the person whom boosted his chances the most. That would have been either Perry, or Bachmann.

Romney would have "won" if running out the clock was his goal. He's behind in Iowa, and did little, if anything, to boost his vote total in Iowa. Gingrich was brilliant on the offense, but, was beaten up badly. Paul raised his floor, and lowered his ceiling. That ceiling is too low for him to win. Santorum and Huntsman did well enough to help themselves. But, neither did well enough to help themselves enough, nor did the people ahead of them do poorly enough lose their leads over the pair.