Posted on 09/28/2023 12:14:07 AM PDT by libh8er
Former President Donald Trump won the second Republican debate on Wednesday night by simply staying away, according to a snap poll of viewers for DailyMail.com.
But there was good news for challenger Ron DeSantis who was declared the most 'presidential' and the most 'competent' of the candidates who took the stage at the Ronald Reagan presidential library in California.
Analysts said DeSantis put in a more assured performance than the first debate when he disappeared from sight at times. This time, he dinged Trump directly and leant into his record as Florida governor to describe how he would lead the nation.
Yet in a sign of Trump's grip on the party base, a poll conducted by J.L. Partners found that 27 percent of viewers judged him to be the night's winner, pipping tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy by one point and DeSantis by 10 points.
Rather than appearing on stage to slug it out with his rivals, the former president headed to Michigan, as part of an effort to capitalize on the autoworkers' strike in a state that could decide the general election.
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Trump was at his very best last night with the auto workers. I probably watch it again today just for the lift.
How embarrassing for most of the debate participants NO ONE WANTS YOU!!!
You can’t win a ballgame if you aren’t even there.
Vivek did okay. I don’t think he won, though.
What we saw last night at the second debate was the GOP version of the Not Ready For Prime Time Players.
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Wogaswami?
I think not
Trump 2024
Wake me when the real debate starts.
Easy-peasy. Many thanks.
Uhā¦obviously Trump did!
There will be no debates between Biden and Trump.
Biden is in no physical or mental shape to carry himself through a debate and Trump, after having dodged the primary debates, will be in no position to criticize him for this.
It doesn't really matter. It's not like debates will make any difference by that point.
But you DO win a lynching by not being there.
My brother who does not have cable or internet wondered why the debate was not on any of the stations he gets with an antenna.
The general public that cannot afford these things is being kept in the dark by the public stations.
Preaident Trump win again.
“But you DO win a lynching by not being there.”
Exactly. If he was there, everyone would have exclusively targeted him.
Why bother.
You canāt win a ballgame if you arenāt even there.
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Politics is not baseball.
Biden did not show up for the 2020 race and look what happen - he got elected.
President Trump is ahead at this point. He does not need the exposure that a TV “debate” would give him and the others need.
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