Your statement is pretty much was Rush was saying this afternoon. There must be *internal* polling data, they are looking at. We’ll see.
I don’t know how the SC electorate will react to that debate. The 2012 race swung quite a bit after their final debate, mostly because Gingrich hit it out of the park. I think all the contenders had some good moments and bad ones. Cruz was mostly good, but no major moments. Trump had some good, and continued to make Jeb his whipping boy, but swung way off the reservation on 9/11 and PP for a GOP primary. Rubio had a pretty good night, but looked very small with his Cruz attack. He is better off when he doesn’t play that game. I could see any of the three of them surging or falling based on the night.