Hands down it was Carly Fiorina’s night. So says Fox Brit Hume, Bret Baire, Morning Joe’s whole crew and guests.
Rubio almost tied with a strong second and Chris Christie third.
Veteran Campaign manager, Steve Schmidt…..”Carly’s a star. Nobody can duplicate what she did last night.
Fluent on policy issues and the ability to articulate cogent answers.”
Carly nailed it on Iran (moving money concept), drugs, having lost a child to drugs, perfect on Trump’s insult on her
looks and him trying to switch to “it was her persona I was talking about” Said Carly….”We all know what he meant.”
And combining an answer as to Planned Parenthood and Russia was nothing short of stunning ability hitting the mark
on both. Can you just picture Hillary bumbling and stumbling in a debate with Carly Fiorina?
Joe Scarborough, as to Fiorina…”one of the strongest performances I’ve ever seen in modern American politics.”
He thought of memories of the “Iron Lady” Great Britain’s conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Said Republican Nicolle Wallace, a campaign advisor/top assistant to many….”I think Trump crashed and burned last night.”
“But, I don’t think his supporters will care. He was everything his critics thought. His poll numbers should dip. If Trump
ultimately is not the Parties nominee, it began last night.”
As for Dr. Ben Carson….nothing special. A loss last night.
Elsewhere, Marco Rubio made Trump look foolish on foreign policy. Said Trump, once again when questioned on foreign
affairs…..”I will assemble the strongest team to blah blah blah. Rubio pounced….”The President needs to be ready
on the first day.” “The world changes very quickly and does not wait.”
Donald Trump, way way over featured on split screen to a fault by CNN, was merely OK and will have to improve
dramatically over the coming debates. His lack of depth on issues was exposed. Faded as time went on.
Weekly Standards Stephen Hayes…”Trump was out of his depth…as well as Ben Carson.” “Both have peaked.”
He got too much air time. Seventeen minutes. Nobody else came close.
Chris Christie was the guy I have always favored. Witty, gutsy as always, controlled. Strong performance.
The rest….Bush better not great. Great line “My brother kept us safe.” Huge applause.
Huckabee, Paul (Trump correct, he didn’t belong there) Walker, Kasich, Cruz ( understandably neither Party likes)
did nothing to better themselves.
An opinion, with the exception of Trump and Paul, any of the others would be a far better President than
anything the Democrat’s can scrounge up.
As for CNN….mediocre at best. Tapper shutting off candidates would have been better with a bell or buzzer.
Who needed those other two questioners? A waste. Far too much on Trump. Again those split screens were
unnecessary and distraction. Done for ratings. Also, late in the debate prep, CNN added an extra hour to run up
profit from extra expensive commercials. Too long for many. Not me though. It gave me more insight and
others more time.
New York Daily News front page hilarity: C….Clown
N….News
N….Network
Final thought….Steve Schmidt reminds all, “New Hampshire is the only State with two female Senators and
a female Governor. Carly Fiorina’s supporters smiling all day today.