Former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore
Best: Prodded by a question, he challenged the allegedly liberal record of some of the stronger candidates, positioning himself for further attempts to be the conservative "Rudy McRomney" alternative if no one else catches fire and Fred Thompson and Newt Gingrich don't take the plunge.
Worst: Promised to offer more specifics of his assult on the frontrunners' conservative credentials on his website and on some sort of New Jersey blog in the next news cycle — making him seem more like an angry Netizen than the former governor of Virginia and Republican National Committee chairman.
— Mark Halperin