The one reason Donald Trump was the clear winner of the first GOP debate

Washington Post ^ | 8/7/15 | Eugene Robinson

[GilGil]

This contest has not been called :” Mr. Universe and the 9 dwarves.”

[RitchieAprile]

you obviously didn’t watch the same deme debate I did.

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

BTTT

[proust]

bump

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[proust]

Trump was Trump. The moderators crafted sleazy tabloid level snark and it backfired.

[Texas Songwriter]

conservatives in this country are pissed off. Trump sees and feels it and he articulates it. He tell the power structure who gave us Romney, McCain, and Dole that we cannot afford a third Obama term in clinton. I think Cruz gets it but otherwise the rest of the group do not feel the seething rage.

[The_Media_never_lie]

Trump looked very Presidential.

[Pontiac]

The GOP race is full of excitement. There’s one problem: On most issues, from women’s health to national security, the party is far out of step with the general electorate.

Well the general electorate gave us eight years of Barak Obama and look what that gave us; a declining economy, a decline in international stature and racial strife that we haven’t seen since the 1960’s.

Hopefully the general electorate has learned something since 2012.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Eugene Robinson? “Double troll concern troll be trollin’”.

[hoosiermama]

And the audience was made up of Gopee faithful attending a conference. Couldn’t have been better planned by Little Kim

[RC one]

That was his baptism by fire into the world of national politics. He survived. I’m sure he learned from it. Hopefully he uses what he learned to become a better candidate and to play a better game.

[SeekAndFind]

Let me guess as I see the author’s name ( a known liberal ):

Is it because Trump praised the Canadian and Scottish healthcare system as something that works well?

[Reagan0704]

Yes, it was his first debate. He did fine and I think he will learn from it. Trump 2016

[jimbo123]

Did you know Jeb Bush polled 2% in the Drudge poll?

[BeadCounter]

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ben-carson-scores-big-win-at-the-first-gop-debate-followed-by-marco-rubio-300125436.html

One America News Network is running this Gravis poll above.

[Company Man]

This was no “debate”. The afternoon event could be considered one, barely.

[EvilCapitalist]

I thought the reason that Trump was the clear winner, was the Rosie O’Donnell joke.