THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Mitt Romney came under heavy attack on Tuesday night in the fieriest Republican primary debate so far, with rivals labelling him a hypocrite and a "flip-flopper" who "lacked all credibility".
With a CNN poll showing that 51 per cent of Republican voters believe the former Massachusetts governor has the best chance of beating President Barack Obama in 2012, other candidates clearly decided they had no option but to try and take him down before he walked off with the nomination. » | Alex Spillius, Las Vegas | Wednesday, October 19, 2011