ANDRIA HALL, CNN ANCHOR: CNN's Bill Delaney also covered that debate last night in New Hampshire, and he's been collecting reactions to it, and he joins us now from Durham -- Bill.</s>BILL DELANEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Andria, in the wake of last night's debate, what -- coming up in the next few days a closely- packed series of Republican debates, the New Hampshire newspaper, the "Union Leader," may have summed up pretty well the tone of last night: "GOP Hopefuls Trade Jabs," it says. There were no knock-out punches, last night. There was some sharp punching. George W. Bush, Texas Governor George W. Bush, as Candy Crowley just pointed out, did stick his neck out a bit with that no new taxes pledge, the sort of thing that got his father, President Bush, in so much trouble a few years ago. There was considerable sparing between McCain and Bush, as Candy pointed out, McCain hitting Bush for his big tax cut proposal; McCain says too reliant on surpluses. And Bush hitting McCain on what suddenly becomes kind of a vulnerable issue for him, campaign finance reform; that's been at the heart of McCain's program. Now, because of that allegation that he may have worked with the Federal Communications Commission to push a decision for a major contributor, suddenly that is a problem for McCain. Take a look here, if you will, again the "Union Leader," the editorial, the lead editorial in this conservative newspaper: "Senator McCain is Both Phony and Proud." Now, that's not the sort of thing McCain wants to be out and about when people open their newspapers, this morning, in New Hampshire. It could hurt him with the critical voting block for him up here, independents. There's another debate of the Republicans, tonight, in South Carolina. There will be another one Monday in Michigan. But at the moment, the status quo seems to continue. There were no knock-out punches, last night. If the status quo continues, that's good news for George W. Bush. Bill Delaney, CNN, reporting live from Durham, New Hampshire.
GOP Hopefuls Trade Sharp Punches, No Knock-Outs in Last Night's Debate