Posted on 02/13/2016 9:05:36 PM PST by Windflier
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Windy
The death of Scalia has completely changed the importance of primary.
The survival of the Constitution is now at stake. imo.
Another landslide polling victory for the only true leader on that stage tonight. It will soon be mirrored by his juggernaut victories at polling stations all over the country.
Thanks for the screen shot.
Online polls are so important. Just ask President Ron Paul.
I think Cruz continues to look more and more presidential.
I think he blindsided Rubio when Rubio asserted Cruz did not know Spanish. Cruz began to lecture Rubio in spanish. Rubio had no response.
I do think Rubio bounced back from his last performance.
I also thought Cruz was quite strong to confront the moderator on the first question. He was able to correct his false claim about the Kennedy nomination as made by Reagan in 1987. I doubt anyone else on the stage could have done that on the fly.
I think the Trumpertantrums are going to continue.
I honestly believe that his microphone should be turned off when he speaks out of turn. I did like Cruz’s calm explanation that adults know how to not interrupt others when they are speaking.
I also thought Jeb’s line about Reagan tearing down the Berlin wall rather than other people was a good line.
I continue to be annoyed at the refusal to defend the Iraq war.
We won the iraq war. There were NO lies leading to the war. There were WMD in Iraq. Refusing to defend the Iraq war is surrendering to the Anti american left and jeopardizing our troops.
Withdrawal from Iraq caused the current developments with ISIS.
TRUMP.....PLEASE
....we are lost if not
Let us pray that the Senate Republicans hold firm, and refuse to take this up until after the election (as McConnell said they'll do, today).
The Dems are going to put unprecedented pressure on them to cave. It must NOT happen.
Low info Freeper?
I suppose you haven't been following the latest numbers from real world polling outfits. They kind of agree with the Drudge polls. Trump is striding to victory.
High information freeper:
Does trump favor giving taxpayer money to planned parenthood?
After the glowing reviews you just gave to all the other candidates, that's your entire take on Trump's performance tonight?
Funny how conservatives bitch and moan for years on end about how they want a candidate who's tough, unafraid, and is willing to poke a sharp stick in the eyes of our enemies - and when we finally get one, he's throwing 'tantrums'.
Drudge is meaningless after that stunt he pulled by changing his poll question to include Trump in the answer even after he sat out the Fox debate. I see he’s back to his traditional poll question now. How convenient. It shows he was in the tank for Trump even from the beginning (so transparent). Next!
Don’t try to shift the topic. You pooh-poohed online polls, and I told that the Drudge poll kind of mirrors what’s happening with the real world polls of the primary.
I understand that you probably don’t like the results you’re seeing, but the plain fact is that, this is how Americans across the country are responding to Trump.
He’s up 2 to 1 against his nearest competitor in South Carolina. That’s been confirmed by two different polls I’ve seen today - probably more.
Don’t hate the truth. Is just is what it is.
Agree with you on EVERY single point you made. Nice observations!
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My directv didn’t tape the debate for me. Can someone help me find it on line to stream? PLEASE!!!! Cruz is my man!!!
The result would have been meaningless if Drudge had run the poll asking, "Who won tonight's debate?", when the event didn't include the leading contender for the nomination.
It would have been fair, but pointless, so he asked a different question which prompted a valuable measure of the public's view of the candidates.
If Trump has the lead his followers claim, what harm is there in refraining from the outrageous personal attacks.
Trump was more aggressive and out of bounds tonight than any previous debate.
He continues to call people liars again and again.
He infrequently invokes his own positive vision but relentlessly attacks the other candidates.
I don’t think I heard Trump say Hillary Clinton all night long. But he did name just about all the ongoing field as liars.
I do think this will hurt him with South Carolina voters. I have watched all the debates. I think this was his worst performance.
He got more speaking time than any other candidate. The moderators let him interrupt at will and take as much time as he wants.
I think the media knows that he will carry their water.
The media does not want a conservative candidate to win and they know he will either lose to Hillary or will go even further in attacking conservatives once he is President.
Trump constantly attacks conservatives. He attacks the most conservative candidate— Cruz— more than any other candidate.
How can conservatives let this pass?
I won’t
I see that Cruz slipped a bit in last night’s caucus result. The result from tonight should be interesting.
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