Posted on 09/17/2015 2:10:35 AM PDT by smoothsailing
This is by far the most sane analysis.
Great analysis.
sundance remains on target. IMHO, he’s the best source for 2016 Presidential campaign analysis, commentary and critique.
Excellent analysis!
Rubio, Huckabee, Cruz and even Christie are all excellent debaters. I might put Carly in that category too if I liked her - which I do not. She is a motor mouth, in my opinion. Trump’s Achilles heel is debates and I think that was what he was eluding to in his final comment - a lot of words and no action. Other than his gang of 8 - I think Rubio is a solid conservative, but that disqualifies him for me. We need him, Paul and yes - even Cruz in the Senate. I wouldn’t be disappointed though if Trump should win the nomination if he chooses Cruz as his running mate.
The ‘Joe The Creeper’ photo cracks me up.
I think Trump wounded Carly Fiorina and Jeb Bush pretty bad. How much they bleed from their wounds remains to be seen. He hit Carly hard when he brought up her tenure at HP and Lucent. Hopefully this gets traction. He hurt Bush on immigration and on his brother’s legacy. Given the level of hostility leveled against Trump from before he even took the stage, I think he did pretty good. Not many people could weather that kind of hostility. His brutal comments to Rand Paul might not go over so well however. Time will tell.
At this point I see that as the best outcome.
and Cruz did an excellent job with the short amount of time he had allotted to him. His command of the issues was obvious. If this doesn’t advance him, I don’t know what will.
LOL, it looks like he just goosed her!
Rubio’s not just terrible on immigration—he has a bad tax plan too.
Oh, and he sounds like a college Republican.
Spot on!
I have the TV going with the recording of the debates but with the sound muted.
Just watching reactions, body language and facial expressions, Fiorina looked staged, rehearsed and practiced. It was obvious that she was given some type of heads up on the questions.
Also, with the audio on, it’s obvious the audience was stacked in her favor.
Cruz was constantly cut-off and even when he had time to make excellent points, no applause from the audience.
As far as Trump, this was an ambush from the start.
Rush predicted this all week long.
He should have a great show and analysis later today.
2016 election cycle winner: Sundance.
One of the very few professional (?) pundits worth reading.
Trump stood his ground. They barely laid a glove on him, and boy they tried. They had to knock him down if they couldn’t knock him out. They did neither. By losing no ground, he was the winner.
I completely agree. It’s good honest journalism, something we rarely see anymore.
Despite the across the board attacks, Trump remains standing. Even the other candidates had to agree with him on points, which I am sure hurt. I like the "Actions speak louder than words – what you heard tonight was a lot of words, what I will deliver is action." Only Trump can answer that by evidence of his past. Especially when that is in comparison to Carson and Fiorina, his only two earstwhile competitors. The others are dead men walking, all avoiding Perry's fate and dropping out, which is what they should all do.
I did not tire of the long 3 hour format. I do think this is a win and overall SO MUCH BETTER than Fox. I did miss a few minutes of it do to dinner and family, so I'll watch and listen to it again as I have a long day of travel this weekend.
So my take:
Fact is Carly laid off over 30,000 folks at HP , she is the reason the company had to split itself up.
Carly was not too proud to take a $42 million dollar severance package while she laid off people that kind of money could have kept employed. Carly is responsible for HP being devalued.
Carly ran for office and she couldn’t win, I don’t want her as VP either.
She should be shunned, into a state of apology/gratitude... or shark bait.
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