Posted on 09/16/2015 9:10:21 PM PDT by Mariner
First of all, kudos to CNN for sponsoring an informative debate.
What we learned is that ANY of these Republicans would be far better than ANY Democrat for out future.
And, we learned a couple of other things.
1. Trump doesn't do details. Nobody killed him so he probably won.
2. They all, truly, want to get along and are fed up with "x said you suck, what do you say in response?"
3. Only money will determine who's on the stage come March, 2016.
All in all, it's the best field the GOP has put up in decades. Too bad some of them still are paid to do things against what they said tonight.
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Biggest loser tonight: Megyn Kelly
I have to say , CNN did a much better job than Fox in putting on this debate .
I agree, it’s the best Rep field in many years, and that anyone is better than any Dem. That’s why we must all vote for the Republican, even if it’s Trump, who I frankly think is a clown.
This country cannot survive another liberal in the WH.
This was a much better debate than the Fox debate.
Any idea on the size of the audience?
Good debate......Trump, Fiorina & Carson on top, even though CNN allowed Salem Communications to pack the audience with 100% Republican Establishment RINOs!!! Of course.......this failed miserably, Why? Talke a good look at the cross section of folks that turn out for the Trump rallies. Packing a debate with all “Country Club Type RINOs” will never cut the mustard!!!! The CNN moderators did a good job......much better and more even handed then the FNC ambush, led by the Hateful, Witch, Megyn Kelly!!!
Cruz was by far the best. But after his corker amendment and TPA vote, I don’t trust him. Never will.
Very perceptive comment.
All these politicians are corrupt and owned by foreign interests and rich internationalist donors which give $15 million dollar donations at a time.
Trump is not owned by anyone. did any of the others say they don’t take those $10 million dollar donations? No they didn’t . Only Trump again.
This is why none of them ever say anything against China or Mexico.But only Trump says something against China and Mexico.
Also Trump is the only one who said he will deport illegals. The other politicians play to the conservative crowd but then betray American citizens who voted for them . These politicians have never done anything for U.S. citizens nor anything conservative.
Just 2 recent examples: All the politicians voted for the 2 most anti-American things ever . The Corker bill which made the Iran deal unstoppable (Iranian nukes) and TPA which makes obama trade unstoppable
Trump has 60% in the Drudge poll, that’s more than all the other 10 dwarves combined LOL
“This country cannot survive another liberal in the WH.”
Agreed! That criteria alone disqualifies a good portion of the candidates.
The problem was the Audience. It was at the Reagan Library. LOTS of high hoddy-toddy donations there. No regular joe’s like the Fox Debate. You could tell by their reactions.
Does it disqualify Trump?
I agree on your last points.
Ted Cruz gave the best answers in the time he had. He will continue to rise in the polls, he’s very Presidential in his knowledge, articulate responses, and classy demeanor.
Carly was given a task to take down Trump and preference to answer however long and often she wanted, clear bias for her to go after Trump along with some of the other RINO’s. She didn’t succeed in hurting Trump much IMO. Also, Carly shouldn’t even be in the debates at 2%. She’ll see a small bump but I think her “persona” is irritating to many.
Trump did well for being Trump and non-politician. I appreciate him being in this race to raise the questions he has. I don’t think he drops a whole lot.
Kasich, Christie, Rand should drop out immediately. Carson should stay a bit longer, though his inexperience shows and he’s rather low-key and soft in too many areas.
Rubio and Walker will just hang in there, propped up by the establishment but both are not very inspiring and in Rubio’s case, he co-sponsored amnesty...a total deal breaker for conservatives.
So IMO...Cruz is in a good place, better than most others except he doesn’t benefit from name recognition like Trump...also why they don’t want to give him any time in the debates to catch fire with voters.
He showed himself to be a complete hypocrite on that, and the fact he supported John Roberts nomination for the USSC and Chief Justice.
That's slimely.
But he did perform well.
While I thought this debate started out kind of rough, I thought it was actually very good.
I felt I was able to hear a lot more from the candidates, though the fact of the matter is I only care about Trump and Cruz.
Trump is the only choice
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