Posted on 09/18/2015 7:17:14 PM PDT by VinL
The six-hour Republican conclave here is (finally) over and we have all the details over at our premium site and in the printed paper Saturday.
Some highlights and leftovers that didn’t make the main story:
Yes, the news early in the day was that Donald Trump bailed at the last minute, but judging purely from audience reaction, the 10,000 activists here for the Heritage Action Presidential Forum were equally enamored of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and former CEO Carly Fiorina. Cruz got the warmest welcome when introduced while Fiorina left the stage to thunderous applause.
Cruz was clearly more relaxed in this setting, on stage alone, than he was during Wednesday night’s three-hour televised debate in California. His son-of-a-preacher cadence was more at home before a sympathetic crowd and his talking points landed like laser-guided, drone-fired missiles.
Fiorina, meanwhile, started slowly, her soft voice difficult to hear. But, as soon the crowd began to lift her up, she was off and her responses to a series of questions got stronger as she went.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was close to perfect, too, and used his sense of humor and mastery of the issues to excel. For whatever reason, however, the crowd didn’t roar quite as loudly for him.
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush all did perfectly fine, though none stood out.
Dr. Ben Carson, was nearly as good as Rubio.
Each candidate was asked to record a video answering one question: How would you as president create an atmosphere where there is opportunity for everyone and preferential treatment for none? The candidates’ submissions ranged from glossy, expensive productions for Rubio, Cruz and Paul, to poorly lit missives by Fiorina and Gov. Bobby Jindal.
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Once anti-Trump forver anti-Trump ne ?
Hey! = ;^)
There was a candidate event in SC tonight?
I am female but I would not vote at all if she is on ticket.
Probably the most palatable combination that stands a chance to make the ballot.
I though all 53% of women vote in a block?
There’s a thought I did not consider. You’re good!
“I suspect when the new post-debate polls come out Trump will be in free fall.”
Some are already out and Trump has gone up in the polls.
Their combined support is still dwarfed by the “unpalatable” one.
No. The only thing I hate more than men? Women!
Lol.
fiorina the gope. no thanks heritage.
As Buckley and Limbaugh have said to govern we must first win.
If Fiorina is on the ticket, the Dems will save a ton of money by just rolling out Boxer’s ads from 2010. You know, the ones that absolutely destroyed Carly’s CA Senate run. The ones she couldn’t refute...........
Cruz took that event walkin’ away............in his cowboy boots.
Yep, a proven loser that comes with a self-destruct kit.(Not a clock!) No wonder MSM pushes her so much.
He’s still pretending he’s a Texan?
I hope Carly’s 15 minutes are up soon. If Cruz was given the time she had at the CNN debate he would be surging in the polls right now.
Yip. Then he rode off into the sunset.
I agree!
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