Posted on 08/07/2015 5:38:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
From the very beginning you could tell that Trump on a debate stage was going to play much differently than Trump has the last several weeks. It’s one thing to flirt with a third-party run in statements to the press and another to say you’re considering it while participating in a Republican presidential debate. Same with bragging about buying off politicians, and taking advantage of bankruptcy procedures.
He, of course, couldn’t answer about his evidence that the Mexican government is pushing people over the border. And his slap at Megyn Kelly was a classic case of not knowing your audience. The last month has been Trump making the rest of the field look small; tonight was the opposite.
Almost everyone else had a good night to some extent or other. Rubio showed why so many consider him the best raw talent in the field, hitting all his themes (the candidate of tomorrow and of the American dream) and doing it compellingly.
Huckabee is almost incapable of having a bad debate. If crafting zippy debate answers is all it took to become president we could plan the inauguration now.
The same is true of Cruz. He lacks the folksy charm, but it’s impossible to give him the mic without him using it to maximum effect.
Jeb made no mistakes. He wasn’t as commanding as Romney seemed in many of the debates, which might be, in part, a function of this impressive field.
I posted in the afternoon how Walker just needed to turn in a credible performance and he’d have a good night. He did that, although at times he seemed to take the approach of simply keeping his head down and getting through it a little too far.
Kasich was much more of a presence than I would have thought and of course benefited from a very friendly crowd. I’m not sure how his political tack will play with most primary voters, but if he’s strong, it creates a big problem for Jeb in New Hampshire.
Chris Christie was forceful but I’m afraid to say he lost the NSA exchange with Rand Paul. As for Paul, he was prickly and sour and his attempted aggression against Trump didn’t work very well.
Finally, Ben Carson was winsome, especially at the end and that’s likely to be the impression people are left with.
The biggest winner? The Fox moderators who were prepared, tough, and fair.
Yeah, keep telling yourselves that.
I think Kelly and Trump were wrestling in the same mud. Fox lost me as a viewer last evening. I thought the moderators did a horrible job.
I hope this is over quickly. President Hillary ... and Bill Clinton. I can’t take it again.
The moderators won? What debate was this person watching?
This statement rates a "barf alert".
Ole Rich is GOPe to the core.
A bad review on Trump from the National Review. What else is new?
Are these people this delusional? Head on over to Fox news or the Kelly File on Facebook and see how the “tough and fair” moderators are being judged. Hint, it ain’t pretty.
I don’t know much about this “Lowry” but he isn’t a conservative.
Sorry I was concentrating on Kelly mudwrestling. ...what were you saying.?
Trump should have had the answer. For years, mexico has been helping people cross illegally. They give the maps or leaflets, IIRC, at the very least. Funny how no one else has to prove anything, but Trump says something bout the hordes coming across the border, and the world stops.
FOX is just the neocon department of the MSM
Yes, I thought Kelly was particularly obnoxious, like a “giddy schoolgirl” at times and general full of it.
Trump was on Fox and Friends this morning and gave himself an A for his performance based upon the polls and he said he saw the slob (LUNTZ) with his polling group on Fox afterwards. LOL!!!
The whole thing seemed like a carefully targeted hit piece perpetrated by Fox News against Donald Trump because Donald Trump is in Bush’s way.
hahahaha. I just got a big ole laugh from that comment. She showed last night, though, that she wouldn't mind the attention it draws. What a diva performance.
Richie seems to not get it again.
Yeah, keep telling yourselves that.
Fox is not conservative. They are liberal. They are just not as liberal as CNN.
Meygan is good, but she is not a goddess. If she deserves to be bit**slapped, I applaud the man who has the you-know-whats to do it.
Trump did. She desperately needed it.
Rich Lowry, Megyn Kelly and Chris Wallace think they should be able to select the Republican Presidential candidate for us. You know, we’re so stupid and all...
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