Fact checking last night's debate.

Draw whatever conclusions you wish from last night's Republican debate, but please begin the argument from actual facts. As with any political event, the candidates made some correct statements, but managed to slip in lots of half-truths, opinions masquerading as facts, and outright falsehoods.

Here are a couple of fact checks:

From the Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/fact-checking-the-post-bloomberg-debate/2011/10/11/gIQAdAugdL_blog.html

From Politifact.org:
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2011/oct/11/fact-checking-dartmouth-gop-debate/