When CL covered the CNN-You Tube Republican presidential debate back in late November of 2007 at St. Pete's Mahaffey Center, one of the thrills was to interview some Republican heavy hitters in the immediate aftermath of the event in what is known as the spin room, as surrogates for the individual candidates come to convince reporters hungry for a good quote why their guy or gal won the debate, or at least acquitted themselves with distinction.
So we looked forward to running around and doing the same after Monday night's CNN- Tea Party Express confab at the Florida State Fairgrounds. But the fact of the matter is that it was a relatively dud this time around.