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
Christi is the only candidate that I will not show up at the polling booths for and it will be the first time since I turned 18. The second amendment is that important and I don’t trust his new answer to it. Even Jeb is for the second amendment.
How they did from best to worst - does not mean I’d vote for the ones nearer the top:
1. Cruz - won the event, amazing
2. Rubio - very good performance
3. Graham - very good performance
4. Fiorina - much better than expected
5. Pataki - better than expected
6. Walker - OK but scripted, not sure if he’s ready
7. Carson - OK, but not Presidential material
8. Paul - worse than expected, seemed “off his feed” or tired
9. Jindal - get a hair cut
10. Perry - overly decaf, not presidential material
11. Christie - not presidential material (unless it’s “president of NJ”)
12. Kasich - not presidential material
13. Santorum - forgettable performance
14. Jeb - NO NO NO