I went from ABC to CNN after the debate then to Fox News. It was like Fox News was in an alternate universe where Trump didn’t count and Rubio shined. Surreal!
Honestly, did they watch the same debate? Only Krauthammer thought Rubio's performance was disastrous. Everyone else worked in overdrive to smooth things over.
Brit Hume offered mild criticism, but it looked like he was passing a kidney stone when he did it... it hurt him so badly to passingly acknowledge what should be obvious to anyone who watched the debate. Rubio choked.
I do not know why otherwise savvy Fox loyalists continue to watch the network exclusively.
I watched with a group of 40 people that always vote. There were about 10 democrats. They were cheering Christie beating up Rubio. I asked why. They said they thought only Rubio could beat Hillary.
I went to the Republican/Conservative side.I asked what they thought. At least 10 said they would never vote for Trump, Jeb, or Kasich. They thought Jeb was only still in it because of his last name, Kasich was in the wrong party, and that Trump was to juvenile in his behavior overall. As one person put it, “I worked for the Reagan campaign and those that compare Trump to Reagan need to go back and watch some video. They say Trump is like Reagan because he has an outsiders edge, But Ronald Reagan would have never put up with this unprofessional behavior.” My concern stems from the fact that we cannot let the Clinton's back into the White house. And Christie? He is not going to win. He needed to aim his big mouth at the democrats.
Neither one shined in reality