Posted by Ryan S. Jackson

The transcript from last night’s CNN/YouTube debate is up for those who either lacked cable, missed The Stranger’s liveblog, or spent the night curled up in the fetal position watching America’s Next Top Model.

Some of the better post-debate commentary:

Ana Marie Cox marks the Romney vs. Giuliani immigration free-for-all as a “muder-suicide!” and notes, “What’s the emotional equivalent of ‘tone deaf’? Mitt Romney has that.”

Congressional Quarterly elections guru Craig Crawford calls it for Huckabee:

Mike Huckabee won the Republican presidential debate on Wednesday night largely because his distracted rivals failed to seize enough opportunities to undercut the former Arkansas governor’s increasing momentum

Jim Newell of Wonkette:

Giuliani — nothing new on the evil front; Fuckabee — very calm and cool, especially when talking about killing Hillary on Mars; Hunter/Tancredo — Securing the Mexican vote; Walnuts — Angry, depressed, grumpy, but kind of cute; Thompson — Bumblebees, tadpoles; Paul — Might actually be as stupid as his followers.

And here’s one of the warmer moments: “Gentlemen, tell us of your fondness for your gun.”