That he may be emerging as a new favourite for the nomination explains the decision of Right to Rise, the Super-Pac that is supporting Mr Bush, to try to bury him now with what may be as much as $20m’s worth (£13m) of negative advertising.
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Former Gov. Bush avoided tangling with fellow Floridian Marco Rubio, a shift in strategy from his poor performance in the last debate.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, or the TPP, has been a hot topic in the political sphere as of late. Other Republican candidates could only get 5 percent or less in the poll.
Donald Trump talks to supporters after the Republican presidential debate at the Milwaukee Theatre, Tuesday, November 10, 2015, in Milwaukee.
Rubio defended his expansion of child tax credits for low income families, arguing that a pro-family tax code is necessary, because the family is the most important institution in society.
Ben Carson also didn’t have a great night because the audience have noted that he’s had a lot of trouble with his own facts about his personal biography and his lack of experience in the world.
That dynamic produced a debate that was a bit less feisty but certainly more fulsome in hashing out details and differences over economic issues and foreign affairs. Jindal at first grudgingly praised Christie then pivoted to say, “I’ll give you a ribbon for participation. He’s going in and we can go in”.
Bush, coming off a awful debate last month, was closer to the top of his game, with Trump a handy foil.
Candidates spent a good portion of the debate bemoaning the tax code and outlining their plans to improve it. Sen.
Carson instead accused Hillary Clinton of lying about whether the Benghazi attacks constituted terrorism. After Kasich said Trump’s plan to deport undocumented immigrants was “silly”, Trump responded, “You’re lucky in OH that you struck oil”. Rand Paul of Kentucky.
“I have no problem with being vetted”, Mr Carson said.
Senator Marco Rubio had another strong night (the Politico panel thought he had won again).
Mr Trump was also booed when he asked of the only woman on stage, the former executive Carly Fiorina, “why does she keep on interrupting everyone?” “What I do have a problem with is being lied about and then putting it out there as truth”. The GOP front-runner fought back against recent media criticism and attempted to compare his situation to the controversy surrounding Hillary Clinton and the Benghazi terrorist attack.
Rubio fired back: “I know that Rand is a committed isolationist”. They demanded less snark and more respect from Republican-friendly moderators. “How is it conservative, how is it conservative to add a trillion-dollar expenditure for the federal government that you’re not paying for?”
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“Well, putting the special ops people in there is better than not having them there because they – that’s why they’re called special ops, they’re actually able to guide a few of the other things that we’re doing there”, he started in response to a question about troops in Syria and Afghanistan. Carson offered that “if you put more money in people’s pockets, they will be more generous”.
