Bump for live.
Bobby Jindal. Boring. Lindsay on next. Turning off.
Fiorina sounds like she’d make a good Sec of State under Trump/Cruz.
“Gov. John Kasich and fmr. Gov. George Pataki”
Who are these guys? Maybe I’m just too young to know?
Santorum has a strange, belligerent, agitated tone. He seems desperate. It’s time for him to move on.
Pataki sounding good...
I’d say Walker, Christi and Bush failed...The rest did pretty good...
Of course they made sure Bush had the last say...
I watched the program and just got to the computer.
Overall, nothing big, no surprises.
Cruz was awesome like normal, but most of the candidate answers were fine.
I have one question though. How long before the internet meme goes around where they showed the shot of Carly resting her head on Krispy Kreme’s shoulder listening to one of the candidates talk?
Winners
Carly (on message, great speaker)
Cruz (best orator)
Walker (Convincing)
No damage done
Rubio (Good messaging)
Christie (Strong presence)
Losers
Santorum (angry, self important)
Bush (rusty, nervous sounding)
Perry (not convincing)
Kasich (rambling, vanilla)
Carson (not suited for politics, too nice)
Paul (not strong, seems small)
Waste of time
Graham
Pataki
I saw most, but not all, of the forum. I think that some did very well (e.g., Jindal). I think that some were weak (e.g., Bush). But I think that we need to remember that this is only a snippet of the bigger picture. Hopefully we aren’t going to pick a winner based solely on a sound bite or set of sound bites in a one night event. We need to look at their records.
Some are too moderate for my tastes (e.g., Christie, Pataki, Kasich). Some are too libertarian (e.g., Paul). Some are weasels (e.g., Graham). Some are temporary rock stars whose conservative bona fides may not stand close scrutiny (e.g., Fiorina, Trump). Some are good people who are just not ready for prime time (e.g., Carson). Some are establishment types unlikely to be conservative warriors once elected (e.g., Bush, Rubio). Some are ciphers who have some good and some not so good elements in their record, and may—or may not—turn out to be good Presidents (e.g. Walker, Perry, Huckabee).
I hope that we and the American people can treat this coming election with the seriousness and depth needed and not like a Beatles concert in which girls are throwing their underwear on the stage.
My top three remain Santorum, Cruz, and Jindal. I realize that not all agree with that assessment. My primary hope is that we get a conservative, especially a social conservative, elected in 2016.
Best wishes to all. Good night.
I’ve been watching it on DVR...I am enjoying hearing these people speak.
More impressed with Carly than I thought I would be. Less impressed with Ben than I thought I would be.
Enjoyed hearing from Rubio. He seems serious.
Also enjoyed hearing Rand Paul.
Jeb did not do himself any favors with me...and I was once open to his candidacy.
Scott Walker is the guy I support, and I enjoyed hearing what he had to say.
Lindsey Graham tried to come across as a tough guy. He had some cute lines about defeating the Clintons.
Pataki was dull.
The real winner, for me, was the guy asking the questions—Jack Heath, I think. He really really was straight forward, fair, no softballs, and no real “gotcha” questions.
He ought to be the standard for moderators.