Posted on 03/10/2016 9:34:01 PM PST by goldstategop
What made this response all the more baffling is that Trump was clearly hoping to pull off just the kind of debate that transpired. He was more subdued, less outlandish, and far, far nicer than he has appeared in any previous debate. He was boring. His opening and closing statements sounded — unusually for him — as though he had practiced them. He appealed to party unity. He sought to rise above his competitors not by belittling them, as usual, but through magnanimity.
In reality, Trump is the same uninformed clown he always has been. His response on every question is to propose a better deal. When the debate arrived at ground Rubio knows well, Cuba, Rubio could have pointed out Trump’s woefully repetitive bluff of an answer. (Rubio’s analysis of Cuba is, of course, Reagan-era dogma, but he does have facts at his disposal.) Instead he let Trump skate by.
“We’re all in this together,” the Republican front-runner stated at one point. His fellow Republicans gave the audience no reason to disagree.
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It was a Trumpfest.
Trump does things they way he does for one simple reason:
It works.
So glad they did. Trump is one of a kind. He is an expert. He’s dealing with very young inexperienced men. Absolutely no match for trump.
So who messed with the DRUDGE POLL. Every poll in town gave it to TRUMP. Cruz must have paid a phone bank to jam the vote tonight. LOL
It’s presently at 48-47 TRUMP over Cruz by ONE. LOL!! You know that is malarkey.
And Jonathan Chait is the same uninformed clown he always will be.
NY mag Chait crying a river.
Trump likely has plans to build a hotel/casino in Havana.
Looking in a mirror there Johnathan?
Yup, someone is playing with the Drudge poll.
It’s a silly exercise on their part as everyone knows instantly the results are skewed..
Everyone knows that Trump dominated...even Ted Cruz knows.
Ted did OK under the circumstances.... he’s under a lot of pressure right now.
Obvious VoteBot job.
A lot of fraudulent votes on Drudge... Cruzbots are poll-spamming.
Be sure to thank these guys!!!
You Trumpies are sounding like lib Dems...something doesn’t agree with your group think and it’s some vast conspiracy.
I once could live with Trump...but watching this mass hysteria ala Perot ‘92 is sickening.
Yeah, they all just let Trump win out of the goodness of their hearts.
Nope. What they did during the last debate turned out to be disastrous for them.
They had to rethink. Tonight was the result.
Dang it sucks to be 2nd, 3rd, or 4th fiddle.
"They should have attacked him." Waaaah..
Why are they complaining? They-MSM keep repeating this.
Thanks for the blather break.
Now back to our usual programming...
Enjoy your cliff lemming.
Being behind the leader means a pat on the back and a participation prize but not the nomination.
Only Cruz has an outside shot at blocking Trump.
Hopefully, this will carry him to win Ohio and Fl!
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