[TontoKowalski]

All you had to do was watch it. It was pretty obvious Cruz won that debate.

As a whole, I can't disagree.

However, the 3-4 minutes that are getting most of the press is the New York exchange, and Trump clobbered him on that.

All Cruz could do was silently applaud Trump's response to his own attack.

It was Cruz's worst moment in any of the debates. Without that, the debate story could have been much different.

[pookie18]

http://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/01/14/cruz-to-trump-not-a-lot-of-conservatives-come-out-of-manhattan/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AtIih54Gh8

http://www.christianpost.com/news/nyc-mayor-bill-de-blasio-agrees-with-gov-cuomo-extreme-conservatives-not-welcome-in-ny-state-113330/

[tennmountainman]

And that is the clip all the media is showing.

Which will not help Cruz.

[Dagnabitt]

Agree. The total effect of a debate is what some folks take from watching the actual debate, plus what more folks get from subsequent media coverage. Cruz won the former on points. Trump won the latter by knockout.

[Durbin]

“However, the 3-4 minutes that are getting most of the press is the New York exchange, and Trump clobbered him on that.”

Well, if it’s getting all the press, then I guess that’s what’s important. Not the issues or the candidates’ actual policy proposals.