Posted on 02/06/2016 8:51:47 PM PST by Helicondelta
Cruz gave masterfully articulate and well-informed answers with absolute, 100% fidelity to conservative principles. The rest of the stage was filled with cheap, hack politicians who represent everything wrong with the political class (Rubio, Christie) and flat-out unqualified people who sound like they’re trying to answer questions on a final exam without having cracked one book all semester (Trump and Carson).
Drudge switched to “who won” because he was shilling for Trump, just like he shilled for the other northeastern liberal Romney last primary, and had to get him in that last poll even though he went AWOL for the debate.
Good grief. You fairies can’t dust enough morons.
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I'll go with this poll!
Dude, everyone here knows you back Cruz, so goodness knows what you thought the point of that slobbering post would be.
The sycophantic Trump supporters are sounding more and more like the Bernie crowd.
Trump won and Cruz second.
That audience was on its tippy toes for mr tippy toes
At least he spent donor money on something besides 5,star hotels and room service
I recently saw the movie BEING THERE. A friend told me it was just like Obama, and it is very much like him! LOL I have several TVs but I don’t watch debates. I have high blood pressure and debates make it soar and make my head explode. I can read about it later!
Here’s my take:
Last night’s debate was clearly the best performance by both Kasich and Yeb!, though I neither like nor support either.
Rubio had some good hits, but came off poorly with his oft-repeated talking points.
Trump neither hurt nor helped himself, which means he stays the front runner in NH.
Christie did “okay,” but he did pummel Rubio.
Cruz, like Trump, neither hurt nor helped himself.
Carson was ignored by the moderators the entire night, which was shameful.
I would have liked to have seen Carly Fiorina on the stage last night, because — while she has no chance of ever getting the nomination — her feisty attitude is welcome.
Rubio hurt himself. All the others did well. Trump is still very low on the learning curve but managed to endorse health savings accounts, sale of health insurance across state lines, and reducing U.S. corporate taxes to competitive levels. This was more substance than we’ve seen in The Donald’s previous forays into policy. His temper started to flare a couple of times but, for once, he reined it in. He also doesn’t seem to realize that he is playing with fire by going Smoot-Hawley on trade; the competent parts of the U.S. economy are export oriented, and most of us have accepted Toyota, Honda, and VW as all-American companies. (They certainly build enough cars here.) Cruz was polished but probably didn’t change anyone’s mind. Christie and Kasich were strong. Bush had his best debate so far but it’s probably too little, too late. Dr. Ben was Dr. Ben: nice man with no particular reason to be on stage.
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You keep using Iowa, but nobody think Cruz won that race fairly and that includes people in New Hampshire and South Carolina among others. Cruz isn’t even winning in South Carolina and that is his state. He is damaged from his lack of integrity.
If nothing else, I’m glad Trump had the opportunity to school the ignorant on the concept of eminent domain.
“There was clearly something going on. The audience seemed to be stacked...”
Ya THINK? ;-)
He won it completely fairly.
As far as South Carolina being his state, not sure what you mean by that as Senator Cruz is from Texas.
I’m guessing you mean its a strong evangelical state. As Iowa CLEARLY showed, Donald’s numbers are fluff when it comes to polls vs. actual votes.
Donald Trump
65 %
Ted Cruz
7 %
Marco Rubio
8 %
Jeb Bush
4 %
Ben Carson
1 %
Chris Christie
8 %
John Kasich
7 %
Trump won going away. His opening statement, waterboarding response and eminent domain smack-down of the audience locked it up. Christie was easily second and I cannot understand the lack of support for his efforts. Trump is easily the smartest guy running: true art is not want you put in, it’s what you leave out. Trump’s emotional punched responses are the mark of genius. Intricacies of minutiae are helpful as a pleading barrister but mean little or nothing to a public starving for a champion. Cruz, Rubio et al are clueless.
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