I really haven't paid too much attention to the early debates from either side, simply because it's too early for me to really care what they have been saying.  Tomorrow nights Republican debate will be an exception because this will be the first debate featuring the latest candidate to enter the race, Fred Thompson.  The debate takes place in Michigan and will be hosted by left-wing pundit Chris Matthews.

This is a good opportunity for Thompson to push ahead of the other front-runners.  Thompson isn't doing too bad in the polls, but his entrance was less than spectacular, and I think he's getting mixed reactions from the conservative base.  So Tuesdays debate will be very interesting as I'm sure the current top candidates are going to hit hard at Thompson as the "newcomer", but I think he could turn it around on them and come out on top.