I didn’t watch but read the FR thread, understanding who is for who. My sense was that in a “normal” debate Rubes would have won, Trump second, Cruz third. But all Trump had to do to win was not blow up, or say anything stupid, so by that standard he did well. Funny, then, that he is doing worse on the Drudge poll than previous debates where he did not “look presidential.”
Drudge site has been stuck on this total for over an hour now something is wrong with the poll!!!
That is an oddity, but people like the brawler Trump a lot.