Before Debate – 73,176 votes / After Debate – 69,533 votes

(Be sure to CLICK on the number "7" at the bottom of the MSNBC screen to see a video cut of Ron Paul from the debate,... it's why he won)

Candidate Before / Positive / After

Ron Paul 9% 32%

Mitt Romney 28% 30%

Rudy Giuliani 41% 27%

John McCain 31% 20%

Mike Huckabee 14% 14%

Sam Brownback 10% 9%

Tom Tancredo 10% 9%

Tommy Thompson 11% 9%

Duncan Hunter 7% 8%

Jim Gilmore 4% 6%

Candidate Before / Negative / After

Sam Brownback 49% 46%

Tom Tancredo 48% 45%

Tommy Thompson 46% 44%

Jim Gilmore 49% 43%

Duncan Hunter 47% 43%

John McCain 40% 42%

Rudy Giuliani 34% 39%

Mike Huckabee 42% 37%

Mitt Romney 41% 35%

RonPaul 47% 29%

What I noticed later was that Ron Paul was the only candidate that had his percentage for "Neutral" go down after the debate. I'm not certain what this means but I suspect that the other 9 candidates generated the "who cares,... same 'ole stuff" feeling but had an opinion about what Ron Paul had to say.

Candidate Before / Neutral / After

Jim Gilmore 47% 51%

Mike Huckabee 44% 49%

Duncan Hunter 46% 49%

Tommy Thompson 43% 47%

Tom Tancredo 42% 46%

Sam Brownback 41% 45%

Ron Paul 44% 39%

John McCain 29% 38%

Mitt Romney 31% 35%

Rudy Giuliani 25% 34%

(so you understand what's coming over the next year and a half :)