A poll from Milwaukee’s local TMJ 4 news station saw Trump leading with 30 percent, Rubio with 22 percent, Paul with 17 percent and Carson with 9 percent.
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“If people think that we are going to ship 11 million people who are law-abiding, who are in this country, and somehow pick them up at their house and ship them out to Mexico…We all know you can’t pick them up and ship them across, back across the border”, he said. The night was supposed to put moderators on the spot, demonstrating whether they could host a serious and policy-oriented debate (They did). He has criticized the news media following reports that questioned details of his personal narrative.
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, who participated in the undercard debate before the main event, said the questions were more substantive than in previous debates.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal was most aggressive, touting his conservative record as the strongest of those gathered on the stage. It is an argument that might have worked for Jindal two months ago. But today, with former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton as the Democratic frontrunner, electability is beginning to matter. While it could have been by design of each candidate or the fact that the topics were simply less firework-worthy, many pundits are asserting that this debate turned out much better for the debaters and the viewing public. But he was overshadowed at times by another pragmatic-minded executive, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who stepped on Bush’s opportunities and gave nervous supporters another reason to question Bush’s New Hampshire-focused comeback attempt. Rick Santorum. Christie tried to cast himself as well-prepared for a general election, focusing more on Clinton than fellow Republicans. Carson, another outsider, has begun challenging Trump’s hold on the GOP contest. The top moment: The exchange between Sens.
The overnight ratings showed an 8.9 household rating for Fox Business Network’s prime time debate, just below CNBC’s 9.5 household rating.
On the issues, the candidates engaged in their usual chest pounding about foreign policy and magical thinking about economic issues.
There are three lanes now for candidates in this GOP field: outsider, insider and conservative firebrand.
Another repatriation, in the 1930s, had seen the return of 500,000 to 1 million Mexican immigrants and Mexican-Americans, also drawing civil rights complaints and in a few cases expelling US citizens along with their immigrant relatives. Twitter said the most tweeted-about moment came when Ted Cruz talked about the security of the US borders. Rand Paul probably had the best two hours of his campaign. Cruz is certainly built for the long haul of this GOP race.
“It is pretty clear that neither Carson or Trump are going anywhere and that Cruz is definitely on the rise”, said Matt Towery, a veteran political analyst and former head of InsiderAdvantage.
Missing from the debate was the campaign rhetoric of gay marriage, abortion, legalizing pot and the social issues that have hurt the collective image of the Republican Party, even with Republican voters under 40.
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America’s TV viewers seem to be losing interest in the Republican Party’s presidential debates.
