The candidates all approved of the incursion into Iraq with the exception of maverick Rep. Ron Paul of Texas. McCain, of course, is looking better all of the time because of his support for the surge long before President Bush came around to the idea.

Mitt Romney and John McCain both criticized the management of the war following the initial attack. - By The Turner Report

MSNBC - "In a mostly civil exchange, GOP presidential hopefuls focus on strengthening the economy; all but Ron Paul defend the invasion of Iraq, denounce Democrats' calls for troop withdrawal."

Republican Debate In Florida and Social Security

Ron Paul is saying he wants to get young people out of the social security and take care of the elderly. "Let the young people get out," so we can help the elderly. He says his program has a better chance to help people then any other program.

Mike Huckabee says we are in trouble because we have smaller group of people paying into the social security. He says we need a fair tax system to support social security. He says bring back the U.S. Economy so more people go back to work in USA.

Romeny: "I don't want to raise taxes." Romney offers personal accounts where people can invest in social security and those can be managed better than the government can do. The social security will change for 20 years old, 30 years old and 50 years old.

Giuliani was asked a question about NY Times "attack," to which he responded that during his 8 years of being the mayor of NYC he never has done what NY Times has suggested him to do.

Romney defending against attacks says "Look at my record as the governor of Mass."

McCain says his temper is not an issue as an impediment. He says he was able to make close friendships not only over the years but also relationships across the isle as well.

Huckabee says "my faith grounds me, impossible to run from it." "This country has always been a country where people have respected people because they have faith... Faith has been an important part of what this country is."

Ron Paul says he thinks the Republican Party has a problem because "we don't act like republicans... we used to stop wars, we stopped the war in Korea, in Vietnam, and now we are starting wars."

The Florida Republican Debate was aired from The Florida Atlantic University.