Better than I expected. Moderators obviously trying to derail Trump again, and not very successful.
Trump did better than I expected, laid back and not backing down at the same time, sounded like he’s been paying attention to what’s going on. I still think he’s holding back, with the same attitude he voiced a while back, why announce your intentions to the enemy.
Cruz was excellent. Hit it outta the park a few times, and probably got the best joke of the night when he said he’d build a wall and have Donald pay for it.
Bush pretty much shot himself in the foot trying to attack Trump, Rubio did himself no favors trying to go against Cruz.
I think trump and Cruz came out looking best, Christie got several very good remarks in, Rand actually made a couple of good points.
Next time I think it should be Trump, Cruz and either Rubio or Christie, everyone else can just go home. Too many people up there, I was hoping for more like 6 or so this time.
It was genius. It is the joke of the night that will be repeated, and it encapsulates a key policy position (Cruz = build wall).
[[Next time I think it should be Trump, Cruz and either Rubio or Christie, everyone else can just go home.]]
Exactly, and give each person a couple of minutes to answer- instead of rushing them through with only 60 or so seconds to answer- the quick staccato like answers are just to quick for people to really get a good idea of just how the candidates will handle things I think- Especially for older folks- and the moderators should shut up while the folks are answering- and only pipe up if someone else tries to cut in-