Was on Twitter and had same feeling as some others: Walker polished, but just doesn’t have “it.”
Instantaneous impressions:
Kasich - looked and sounded good, presidential. Not flapplable. Surprising.
Cruz - As I expected, excellent. He did however forget a few times that he is not running against Obama. Blew opportunities to tie Obama/Hillary
Christie - He may have “won” vs Paul, but somehow he managed to look “small (!)” in winning.
Paul - disappointing; angry; defensive; Christie got the better of him although I believe Paul is right.
Trump - hard to recover from early “low blow” and a clearly hostile audience/moderators; missed some opportunities.
Rubio - Came off very well. May have been thrown a few softballs.
Carson - Got better as things progressed; still a concern about credentials and toughness.
Walker - OK, but not Mr. Excitement.
Bush - still not a great speaker; doesn’t “feel” presidential; seemed uncomfortable.
Huckabee - was thrown a “bomb” as the first question; never recovered. If YOU can’t explain how you will win, get out.
I wouldn’t pick a winner, but I found Kasich and Cruz the best of the bunch, Kasich being somewhat of a surprise. The “Fat Man/Little Boy” exchange between Christie and Paul was probably not helpful for anyone.
If Fox wanted Trump to look bad, I believe that it will backfire, because Fox looked worse and if anyone didn’t believe that Fox was the instrument of the country club/chamber of commerce wing of the GOP, they do now.