Posted on 02/07/2016 1:14:42 PM PST by cotton1706
At Saturday night's debate, Republicans wanted Marco Rubio to soar and Donald Trump to stumble. The opposite happened.
The Republican establishment's fondest hope before Saturday night's debate was that Marco Rubio would deliver yet another solid (if unmemorable) debate performance, and that Donald Trump would fall on his face - compounding the damage he suffered in Iowa, and surrendering more, if not all, of his lead in New Hampshire over to Rubio, who's in second place and climbing.
Instead, the establishment got almost exactly the opposite.
The single biggest spoiler wasn't Trump, or even Ted Cruz, but New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who - let's not euphemize - humiliated Rubio in an exchange about Rubio's dearth of experience and accomplishments. Christie became the first Republican presidential candidate this cycle to weaponize Rubio's grating habit of pivoting to relevant portions of his stump speech rather than answering the questions posed to him.
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Great piece. Thanks!
Was Cruz there? Oh yeah, his two high points were apologizing to Carson and agreeing with John McCain on water boarding.
then you did not see the debate at all.
Sure did.
It appears that the question ought to be: Were YOU there?
Actually, Rubio stumbled at the behest of one of the establishment’s other standard bearers—Chris Christie.
Makes me kind of think Rubio isn’t an establishment guy after all.
Look, one debate isn’t going to change my mind. But I do have to say, Kasich DID have a good night. So did Jeb and Christie.
Frankly, Rubio didn’t, in my opinion, have a terrible night. He just didn’t blow people away.
Trump had a decent night, too.
In terms of the debate per se, I think Carson had the worst night. He was almost ignored. I think that is too bad, ‘cause he is a very smart man.
I am still undecided. Sigh.
So.... did Megyn Kelly show up ?
The Cheap Labor Express is having a much harder time getting their amnesty candidate and blocking the citizens from stopping them this time.
They will do whatever is necessary to stop us from electing a President who will enforce the laws.
I think Crispy Creme used his prosecutorial skills to lay a trap for Rubio and tripped it when the time was right. Regardless, it was well done.
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