Who Will Gain Favor In The Florida GOP Debate?

Let the Republican sparring begin! Tonight at 9:00PM EST on NBC, the Republican presidential debate will take place. If you’d like to take a gander at the funniest tweets being posted during the event, you can check out Witstream, and you can follow the hashtag #tweetthepress. Washington Post’s Jonathan Bernstein will also be live tweeting.

Now that Rick Perry is out of the race will Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney continue to dominate news coverage? Do Rick Santorum and Ron Paul have any magic up their sleeves to push ahead?

You can tune into the livestream of the debate at NBCPolitics.com, National Journal and TampaBay.com.