And they thought Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis came out on top Wednesday night, with 29 percent of Republican voters who watched the debate saying he performed best. He was nearly matched by former pharmaceutical executive Vivek Ramaswamy, with 26 percent saying he performed best. The findings may be surprising because DeSantis generally stayed above the fray in a raucous debate, though Ramaswamy received and delivered lots of barbs. …

Another 15 percent of debate watchers say former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley performed best in the debate, but things fell off from there for the other candidates.

[Interesting outcome. I’ll see what I can find from the betting markets for another Headline entry. By the way, it *really* fell off — Pence came in fourth at 7%, and both Christie and Scott got 4%. Haley got the best bump in consideration, though, picking up 17 points, although DeSantis edged up to a field-leadiing 67%. — Ed]