Posted on 09/18/2015 7:17:14 PM PDT by VinL
The six-hour Republican conclave here is (finally) over and we have all the details over at our premium site and in the printed paper Saturday.
Some highlights and leftovers that didn’t make the main story:
Yes, the news early in the day was that Donald Trump bailed at the last minute, but judging purely from audience reaction, the 10,000 activists here for the Heritage Action Presidential Forum were equally enamored of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and former CEO Carly Fiorina. Cruz got the warmest welcome when introduced while Fiorina left the stage to thunderous applause.
Cruz was clearly more relaxed in this setting, on stage alone, than he was during Wednesday night’s three-hour televised debate in California. His son-of-a-preacher cadence was more at home before a sympathetic crowd and his talking points landed like laser-guided, drone-fired missiles.
Fiorina, meanwhile, started slowly, her soft voice difficult to hear. But, as soon the crowd began to lift her up, she was off and her responses to a series of questions got stronger as she went.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was close to perfect, too, and used his sense of humor and mastery of the issues to excel. For whatever reason, however, the crowd didn’t roar quite as loudly for him.
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush all did perfectly fine, though none stood out.
Dr. Ben Carson, was nearly as good as Rubio.
Each candidate was asked to record a video answering one question: How would you as president create an atmosphere where there is opportunity for everyone and preferential treatment for none? The candidates’ submissions ranged from glossy, expensive productions for Rubio, Cruz and Paul, to poorly lit missives by Fiorina and Gov. Bobby Jindal.
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Wow .. are you way off the reservation.
No way I want Fiorina .. don’t trust her.
Females don’t like her ..!!!!!!
Don’t need a “female” to get female votes. I want smart, Christian, and Constitutional scholar - male. Not a whiney female.
Thanks. I appreciate the note of agreement.
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>> “Carly?! I thought she was terrible!” <<
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That is what everyone that has followed Carly’s career thinks too!
She is plastic to the core, and totally a product of corporate affirmative action.
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>> “I suspect when the new post-debate polls come out Trump will be in free fall.” <<
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Correct!
He has shot all he has.
Its like the letdown at the end of the 4th of July fireworks.
You just keep hoping that there is one more burst, until you’re stuck in the traffic jam getting out of the place.
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Cruz has been # one in individual cash contributions, both in value, and in number, from day one.
That is the real poll!
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So Trump is your only fantasy?
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“Up” a dark tunnel.
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Trump has unleashed all of his bombs.
All he has left is the continuation of the clown show he showed us at the CNN ‘debate.’
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you are badly mistaken for the recent past is but prelude
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Hose is never quite sure just what he means.
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>> “ the recent past is but prelude” <<
Yep, especially the CNN ‘debate.’
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>> “The head rat is off-putting..” <<
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Head rat???
I thought that thing was a horse tail!
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Vanity can make one weird..
I’m glad at least there’s one person out there who agrees with me.
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100% on that one!
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Vanity squared in his case!
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