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from washington on more on the back and forth of the candidates. good morning, scott. >> reporter: good morning, tanya and rob. rick perry was the center of attention. the stage organizers h h him in the middle of the stage. that put him in the perfect positionono take shots from the other candidates. >> former massachusetts governor, mitt romney. >> reporter: almost like prize fighters entering the ring, eight republicans took the stage in front of 1,000 tea party supporters. and the candidate that took the most punches, the new front-runner, according to polls, rick perry. >> i thi...

and supercomputer superstar. forget "jeopardy." how watson is now helping humans instead of outmarting them. good morning, everyone. i'm tanya rivero. >> and i'm rob nelson. his rivals tried hard to land a punch last night on rick perry. but the texas governor left this debate relatively unscathed. >> perry even got a few rounds of applause from the friendly tea party crowd. scott goldberg is joining us from w whington on more on the back andndorth of the candidates. good morning, scott. >> reporter: good morning, tanya and rob. rick perry was the center of attention. the stage org...

punch last night on rick perry. but the texas governor left this debate relatively unscathed. >> perry even got a few rounds of applause from the friendly tea party crowd. scott goldberg is joining us from washington on more on the back and forth of the candidates. good morning, scott. >> reporter: good morning, tanya and rob. rick perry was the center of attention. the stage organizers h h him in the middle of the stage. that put him in the perfect positionono take shots from the other candidates. >> former massachusetts governor, mitt romney. >> reporter: almost like prize fighters...

and good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm tanya rivero. it was a clash of conservative ideas. a feisty first debate for rick perry. but one topic stood out. >> this image shows the top words used last night. right there in the middle, jobs. >> but who is most qualified to create those jobs and this is where the candidates clashed. abc's diana alvear reports. >> reporter: when it came down to which issues mattered most, there was no debate. >> create jobs. >> we created more jobs in massachusetts. >> get those jobs. >> jobs. >> we became number one in job creation. >> ...

words used last night. right in the middle, jobs. >> who's most qualified to create those jobs inspect is where the candidates clashed. abc's diana alvear reports. >> reporter: when it came down to which issues mattered most, there was no debate. >> we created more jobs in massachusetts. >> get those jobs. >> jobs. >>. >> reporter: riding high in the polls, rick perry received his more share of hits. >> a republican supreme court, texas has a lot of oil and gas in the ground. governor perry doesn't believe he created those things. >> reporter: mitt romney got heat of his own >> i hav...