One thing I noticed during tonight's debate, other than Romney's persistent name-dropping and the audience's apparent ignorance of Giuliani's cell-phone problems, was the energy level among all the candidates. From McCain to Huckabee to Tancredo to Paul to Thompson, I think every candidate enjoyed a good night. Maybe it was the thousand-plus, energetic audience. Maybe the candidates realized that the actual voting will begin fairly soon. Maybe it was the round of softball questions on Hillary Clinton. Maybe it was the fact that the political winds are shifting in Washington. But this wasn't the demoralized party we've been hearing so much about lately.