According to Republican pollster Frank Luntz, he scored major points with the GOP base.
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“This is not a cage match”, declared Cruz, referring to pro wrestling in a steel cage.
“No, it’s not a comic book”. Ben Carson, the leader in a New York Times-CBS News poll released last week, advocated for a “change of format”. You can’t have ten people.
Marco Rubio accused the mainstream media of being in the tank for Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, calling the media the “ultimate Super PAC”.
Bush and Rubio – onetime allies – demonstrated that politics is a contact sport, but they are only two of 14 candidates still seeking the Republican nomination. What the voters care about is really substance. Cruz shouted at CNBC moderators.
The attack was met with thunderous applause, the loudest that any one candidate received during the debate. He called the moderators’ questioning “exceptionally unfortunate”. They also blasted the moderators from host network CNBC for asking biased questions. It’s not a very nicely asked question, the way you say that.
Bush had a big moment preplanned in that Colorado debate.
(To Kasich) “Well, let’s just get more pointed about [your criticisms of Trump and Ben Carson]…” Then the moderator moved on to Chris Christie, who launched into an attack at the question; Christie gave the answer Bush should have given, and thereby totally overshadowed Jeb Bush.
“Bush was the establishment candidate and he hurt himself”, O’Neil said.
Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele was not a fan of Wednesday night’s performance of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, in the latest Republican Presidential Debate. Unfortunately for Trump, the quote was found right on his own candidacy webpage.
That and other memorable moments from the Texas senator earned him the distinction of being the most mentioned candidate among social media users. She ran the numbers and found them wanting. The question asked of Carson was nothing but substantive.
“The Senate, what is it like a French work week?” “We’re going to find that out aren’t we?”
“Could I – could I bring something up here, because I’m a constituent of the senator and I helped him and I expected that he would do constituent service, which means that he shows up to work”.
And, like the Democrats, we could see that happening.
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