Some folks wanted to see Cruz without Trump. No doubt they think he shined.
Some wanted to see what FoxNews would spring on the candidates.
Some folks are just political junkies, and had to watch.
It was all curiosity driven, for different reasons.
There are two full Trump event YouTube videos with close to 400,000 views already. (Page 1)
There are several full Des Moines debate YouTube videos, and their numbers are a fraction of that. (Page 1) (not much to follow)
There were some multi part YouTubes of the debate, and the first part of one of the series, had 70,000 plus.
Folks, Trump draws more interest. I think that translates to votes. Some won’t.
The debate had been advertised for months. A lot of people tuned in.
The Trump affair had been planned over 24 hours. A very impressive number of people tuned in considering.
yeah even Rush said people checked in to the debate just to see if Trump was going to show up at the last minute and wanting to see the reaction if it happened.. then they got to see Cruz’s jokes fall flat.. According to most it was Cruz’s worst debate