Lucas Alvarez, a junior sports management major and president of UT’s College Republicans, favors Cruz’s tax plan the most out of all the candidates.
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According to a survey conducted for Mic by Google Consumer Surveys following Tuesday night’s Republican presidential primary debate in Milwaukee, Trump succeeded in winning the affection and attention of an electorate that seemed on the verge of being over his shtick.
23 percent gave the nod to Marco Rubio, with 13 percent identifying Texas Senator Ted Cruz, and another 13 percent declaring retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson as the victor of Tuesday’s debate.
The debate centered on mostly economic issues, which at times lead to a dry discussion about economic issues that resonated with middle-class voters. It was, on the surface, an utterly banal statement, a routine recitation of reverence for the family. Rubio said, adding he and his one-time mentor are “fine”.
There was more talk about significant issues and missing from the debate was the weakness of the Republican Party – taking strong stances on social issues, which a president has little, if any, control over.
[Tuesday] night’s GOP debate was handled much better by Fox Business than the previous debates by CNBC and others.
He said the government must first prove to the American people that “illegal immigration numbers are down significantly” and then “modernize our legal immigration system so that it’s merit-based”. “We all know you can’t pick them up and ship them back across the border”, said John Kasich.
Losers are Winning: We have not called Donald Trump or Ben Carson “winners” after any of the debates, instead ranking them among the losers in two and “meh” in two.
At the opening of the debate, the two frontrunners, Trump and Carson, vowed not to raise the minimum wage, saying it would hurt the economy in the long run.
“It may be the best Hillary Clinton can do, but it’s not the best America can do”, said Bush, who is attempting a campaign reset after a sluggish start to his bid for the GOP nomination.
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Rubio fired back: “I know that Rand is a committed isolationist”. Twitter said there were more tweets about Cruz than any other candidate. But, Republican strategist Bruce Haynes tells Politico, “you can feel Carson and Trump losing support”. At one point, Carson said “Thank you for not asking me about what I said in the 10th grade”. Kasich and Cruz had a testy exchange late in the debate on whether big banks should be propped up with federal help as they fail. That makes them among the worst debaters in the GOP field. Realistically if Jeb Bush is relegated he will quit the race – or should.
