Posted on 12/16/2015 7:54:27 AM PST by Isara
Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz got their first real head-to-head skirmishes in the final debate of 2015, and still nobody set a glove on Donald Trump who holds commanding leads in the national polls.
Tuesday night's debates didn't change much in the Power Rankings, but they probably cemented Rubio, Cruz, and Trump as the only three candidates with serious chances of winning the nomination.
Jeb Bush's so-so performance can be seen as a missed opportunity to make himself relevant again, increasing the perception of Rubio as the strongest establishment candidate. Cruz held his own against Rubio, and dealt deftly with Trump. Trump was Trumpy - rude, thin-skinned, rambling, and overbearing - but at times more acute policywise than in the past.
The result is a 14-way race that is starting to look like a 3-way race.
” increasing the perception of Rubio as the strongest establishment candidate.”
I wonder how many of Rubio’s supporters will drop off when they learn of his love of amnesty.
Why isn’t Rubio being shouted down as Mr. Illegal Amnesty in every town, city, and village of the U.S.? I don’t understand why he is still in the top 3, unless he is the eGOP favorite.
Go Senator Cruz!
“Why isn’t Rubio being shouted down as Mr. Illegal Amnesty in every town, city, and village of the U.S.?”
The mainstream press isn’t going to do it and neither will the GOP establishment. It’s up to the rest of us.
Why isn’t Rubio being shouted down as Mr. Illegal Amnesty in every town, city, and village of the U.S.? “
If Marco (Eddie Haskell) Rubio posed a viable threat to anyone, they would have “outed” him by now. He doesn’t matter.
MY TAKE:
Cruz did well last night-—
Trump Pushed and even gained some by embracing Cruz.
Rubio did OK—he Pushed.
Bush was the Big Loser in Debate—No fire in the belly.
Christie—just Pushed, he needed to knock it out of the park and didn’t.
Graham-—Still in it but to little, too late.
Carly——OK— but too little to late.
Huckabee-—Go back to the pulpet and the TV Show.
Paul-—Not Bad but-—not your time.
Cruz lost the debate here.
Ted Cruz on immigration: 'I do not intend to support legalization'
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Yea,I caught that (intend) too,a little worrying to me.
Love Cruz and Trump but dont care 1 bit for Rubio
From the article: “...and still nobody set a glove on Donald Trump...”
They didn’t need to. His juvenile answers, and behavior, spoke for themselves. Anyone still supporting Trump after last night’s debate didn’t watch it. He looked lost in a real policy debate and his insults finally have started to fall flat.
Bookmarking your reply for future comment.
I think both Christie and Paul outdebated Rubio last night.
How many times can you post the same comment?
If you don’t trust him why not just suspect he would outright lie rather than give an answer he could later say is literally true?
Selected Trump articles on FR, from 12:00 AM to 12:00 PM, 12/16/15:
Pamela Geller:'It Was Cruz's Night'
The Republican Presidential Candidates Debate Terrorism, But Completely Ignore Gun Control [Huff'n'Puff]
Many in Frank Luntz's Focus Group Change Their Vote to Ted Cruz (VIDEO)
Fact Checking the Fifth Republican Debate [NBC News]
Ted Cruz Embraced Trump Even Closer at the CNN Debate. It's Why He Won.
POWER RANKINGS: December debate leaves Trump, Cruz, Rubio as clear front-running trio
Former FBI Counter Terrorist Expert: This Administration Intentionality Allowing Terrorists In
PEW: Americans Trust GOP Over Democrats On Guns, Terrorism, Economy
GOP debate winners and losers (Jeb won the debate?) [The Hill]
KFAB BIG DEBATE POLL (Freep a poll) [see additional polls @ post 13]
Bush v. Trump: Behind the Vegas rumble [Jeb may not support Trump as the nominee.]
Donald Trump says there's 'no chance' he'll make a third-party bid
Trump Is the Good Guy [NRO]
Rubio Explains to Trump What The Nuclear Triad Is
CNN turns GOP debate into aggravating, irrelevant snoozefest -- as planned
Here's Why Trump Is Right About 'Shutting Down' Parts Of The Internet
Lindsey Graham Apologizes To Muslims For Trump's Anti-Muslim Rhetoric
Morning Joe Gushes Over Graham for Ripping Republicans on Muslim Rhetoric
Trump: Cruz Has A 'Wonderful Temperament' [VIDEO]
Trump swats at CNN, mocks Bush's poll numbers
GOP Candidates Split Over Toppling Mideast Dictators; Trump, Cruz, Paul Oppose It
Donald Trump loses wind farm battle at Supreme Court [Scotland, golf resort]
Watch: Donald Trump Takes On MSNBC'S Chris Mathews
Chris Matthews asks Trump to ADMIT he's a RACIST and the interview gets REALLY awkward
Chris Matthews When Asked If He Still Has a 'Thrill' Up His Leg: 'Go to Hell'
Is Donald Trump going off the liberal deep end?
Trump's Weimar America [NYT: barf alert]
Yuuuuuuuge! Donald Trump's Best GOP Debate Yet
'He deserves a chance': Mike Tyson defends Donald Trump's stance on Islamic immigrants
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick predicts GOP establishment will back Ted Cruz, and not just to stop Trump [TX]
DHS Monitors Americans' Social Media Accounts, But Not Visa Applicants'
Rubio has cemented the establishment vote. CRUZ and DT are splitting the antiestablishment vote. They need to combine their support. Have they already made that agreement?
I shouted out “No Green Cards, Rubio” right before the vote last night. Hope it helped to keep his votes down.
That was nearly a Trump Cruz love fest last night. They were last seen heading for one of those Elvis impersonator wedding chapels there in Vegas.
As for Trump getting hammered about suggesting we kill the families of the COWARDLY radical leaders of these muslim murderers, issuing a death warrant for the families of these people might cause them to reconsider dispatching their brainwashed and largely illiterate fellows to murder US if THEIR families will die.
General Sherman correctly observed that “War is hellâ€. We’re in a WAR!
What’s so different from Trump’s idea than the allied fire bombing of Dresden in February, 1945, 6 months before the German surrender? An estimated 100,000 to 500,000 men, women and CHILDREN were killed. The exact number could only be estimated because there were so few actual intact corpses to count! Many historians believe it was an act of pure revenge for Hitler’s indiscriminate bombing of Britain and they’re probably right.
Then, of course, there was Hiroshima & Nagasaki in August of ‘45. Scores of thousands of Japanese women and children died to save American lives by avoiding an invasion of the home islands.
All Trump is suggesting is that an EARNEST PREEMPTIVE threat to these SAVAGES MIGHT save the lives of OUR INNOCENT WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHEN THE FIGHT HERE ON OUR SOIL REALLY GETS CRANKED UP. THANKS TO OBOZO AND HIS IMBECILIC “IMPORT AN ISLAMIST†PROGRAM, IT SOON WILL!!
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