Scott Walker agreed that his opponent Carly Fiorina had a big night at the debate Wednesday, but he gives most of the credit to the media. The previous presidential primary leader was the Democratic debate in 2008, which had “only” 8.3 million viewers by comparison.
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After the fake call, a happy John posted a picture of Putin on Instagram, captioned, “I look to forward to meeting with you face-to-face to discuss LGBT equality in Russian Federation “. Fiorina said simply, “I think women all over this country heard very clearly what Mr. Trump said”, winning the first ovation of the night from the live audience. She’s able to drop lines like “good friend Bibi Netanyahu” while Donald Trump says he would “get along with the heads of Mexico” without naming them or explaining why the “heads” of Mexico would get along with him after he builds his much-touted wall along their border. “Would anyone vote for that?” he was quoted as saying. “I want to talk on a humanitarian basis to the president face to face”.
Experts have said the bump in interest is likely fueled by Trump, the billionaire businessman and former Atlantic City casino magnate who has dominated the crowded GOP race with incendiary comments, headline-grabbing insults, and ever-rising poll numbers.
“The first thing I’m going to do is tell you that if I’m elected president, I’m accepting no salary, OK?” Others say they don’t always agree with Trump’s word choice, but do agree with many of his views on issues, such as border control.
It was not just those in the room who were impressed. And while Trump seemed to get less air time than he did during the previous outing, he was again among the dominant personalities.
George cited Trump’s allegations that Fiorina had poorly run Hewlett-Packard as CEO, adding that the Wall Street Journal had pointed out that the stock price dropped more than 50 percent on her watch, and that the merger with Compaq had also failed.
And an analysis of positive and negative mentions on social had her near the top, according to Reuters. That may have been helped by her graphic and disturbing description of what one of the sting videotapes of Planned Parenthood depicted. Bush said that, of course, you need consulting from people in past administration and defended his brother’s foreign policy record.
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Has Fiorina found Trump’s kryptonite?
