Posted on 11/10/2015 3:14:08 PM PST by kristinn
The two Republican presidential debates on the Fox Business Network are scheduled for 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. EST tonight. They are being held at the Milwaukee Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The 'kiddie table'at 7 p.m.: Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.
The main event at 9 p.m.: Donald Trump of New York, Dr. Ben Carson of Florida, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Carly Fiorina of California, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.
FBN described the debates and moderators:
The first debate will be one hour in length and moderated by FBN anchors Trish Regan, Sandra Smith & WSJ's Washington Bureau Chief Gerald Seib.
The second debate will span two hours and be moderated by FBN anchors Maria Bartiromo, Neil Cavuto and WSJ Editor-in-Chief Gerard Baker.
The debates will focus on the most important business and economic issues facing the United States including job creation, social security and taxes.
I agree with you and with them.
Fox News ignored Trump most of the night.
He was given hardly anytime while they roll out GOPe Plan B the Rubio (aka Jeb II)
I’m going to have to catch that interview tomorrow...I want to hear what he said about Cavuto.
I heard he was a Canuck...
Maple syrup in his veins..
Get over the eminent domain. Trump may use the law to take property but these other clowns will take everything you own, take it to the bank.
Cavuto is, by far and away the best thing about FNC, and his personal story is inspiring.
Sorry, Carly...most people don't understand what you mean by that. Might as well just do the Charlie Brown wah-wah-wah.
He totally dropped the ball on that softball minimum-wage question -- "We can't do it. We won't be able to compete." Sure, that's the right answer. But a guy with an economics degree from Wharton should have knocked it out of the park and pointed out that higher minimum wage creates higher unemployment, especially for unskilled workers.
And then Carson follows up and does just that, sounding more like an economist than the economist. Bad show for Trump on that question. I don't understand why Trump doesn't put that econ degree to use. As Carson showed, basic economic concepts can be explained simply enough for any layman to understand.
Our Country, is already down a drain. Can we keep the rest of Our Country, above our own heads, is the question/solution. Let Us pray...
Exactly, it was so bad to be very noticeable. Besides giving Rubio and the Jebster a ton of time, a decent group would have put a muzzle on Kasish.
trump got the first question, a yes or no and then we did not hear from him again for seemingly 15 minutes.
Concur.
Yes Jeb is toast so Rubio is the only card the GOPe has left to play. I wanted to French kiss Rand Paul for slapping Rubio’s little economic spending expansion plan down in front of Mr. and Mrs. America.
Right. I’d suggest that Trump winning would start them self deporting. They start working on the wall, even more will.
It was the reason why a wall will never be built long before Trump
I didn’t watch so I can’t respond addressing what took place. I do appreciate your description.
I hate to say it, but there are a lot of GOPe types on this forum too.
One guy told me yesterday he doesn’t care of we get a Conservative nominated next year. There’s always 2020.
Where do these idiots come from.
Trump did the best. Trump/Cruz seems the winning ticket. After the debate, I switched a couple of times to FOX and they were parroting that Rubio won. Must have received their talking points in advance.
nope, that would not be me
I thought Trump’s delivery tone sounded more subdued for him, tonight.
We know his high octane energy level, but he seemed to want to set a more presidential tone tonight, for this financial focused debate.
Whether it did him any good, I can’t say, but it was less combative in style and tone and may have helped him with the broader voter audience, outside his base.
(Then add in that Trump didn’t get the time with FOX, who seemed more interested in dismissing the front runners and boosting the single digit candidates competing against him.)
I think you just need to take a deep breath, as I've seen you repeat this point at least twice. Trump was a bit slow with that first question, no doubt, but warmed up quite well thereafter. Trump is leading every online poll. Even if not scientific, I think we can safely say that the two top performers were Trump, then Cruz, followed by Rand, since Rand did well with the middle east questions.
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