I like Carson’s pragmatism. He needs to be a lot more aggressive in these debates. Seize the moment... that sort of thing. The main problem I had with last night is it was bad television. Looked bad and probably didn’t help get any Indies. Carson and Kasich were the most measured and looked the most presidential. Bush looked feckless and felt he had to jump in to defend his family’s honor, however, it really wasn’t necessary. When your opponent is digging his grave with his teeth, you let him continue on and don’t interrupt or talk over him. Rubio had a better debate than last time, but the exchange with Cruz looked moronic. Cruz keeps letting himself get down in the mud and looks bad for it. These guys really should just ignore the baits and tell us what they are actually FOR and let us decide on the merits. I for one stand firmly behind Reagan’s 11th Commandment. If you need to attack, my God, there was a Demonrat debate the other night, plus a crapload of emails dumped by the State Department (more top secret ones) on Shrillary.... fire away boys. One of them is going to have to face off with her, or Bernie, or Biden... tell us why you’d be better! Enough of the crap. Seize the moment and ignore the question. If the mods say you didn’t answer, you get another 30 seconds to expand on your views. And let’s get some specifics out there! Last night was just painful to watch. Trump looked OK, but it’s clear that when he gets livid, his mouth runs faster than his brain. Looked bad. My wife kept yelling for him to shut up already. And she likes him...
Carson hasn’t got a prayer and really doesn’t belong there.
Kasich is the most leftist of them all and is ignored because he’s in the low single digits in any national polls.
I miss the Cruz and Trump detente. I wish they’d both run more positive campaigns re: their opponents. But they are the only two real choices we have—even though neither is perfect.