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Overall I would say that the JV debate was more substantive than the varsity debate was.

Maybe Santorum really is the best guy for the job.
 
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Rubio probably won, Bush came back from near-extinction, Cruz did well enough I suppose, Paul did terribly and Kasich was just dreadful.
 
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Jack Hays said:
I'm not a Carson fan, but it seems to me that those who claimed he was unclear had decided that before he spoke.
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The story about the shopping cart went on so long that I couldn't remember what the original question was.
 
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Rubio really has a strong, positive message. It is wrong in most every detail, but it comes across well, which is what a candidate wants.
 
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Rubio: I have a website too! Best one liners go to Rubio especially the candy crush one
 
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Jack Hays said:
I'm not a Carson fan, but it seems to me that those who claimed he was unclear had decided that before he spoke.
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look at his closing
just as his presentations
he could cite problems
and could never identify any solutions
 
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Carson. Babies killed by abortionists during this debate. I'm calling bull****. It's 8:06 in California. Possibly someone aborted a baby in Hawaii or Guam (if you count them) but no one shcedules an abortion for the end of the day. I'm not buying it.
 
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Fiddytree said:
He tried to say he wouldn't bail the banks out, but would somehow have a good metric to decide which individual citizens come out okay given the circumstances.

It not only sounded weak in being able to sell his proposal, but he didn't make it sound plausible.

He should have backed Paulson.
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I suppose when you have ten seconds, it's much easier to just pretend letting banks crash is just fine.
 
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SouthernDemocrat said:
I am pretty sure the FDIC doesn't insure credit default swaps or other derivatives.
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Kasich claimed that not bailing out banks meant that small people depositors would lose their savings. That's BS.

We didn't bail out banks because we were concerned people would lose their savings in them, but rather because of the cascading effects the failure of massive banks would have had on the global economy.

What Kasich says is what would actually win for Republicans in a general election. If you disagree then go ahead, run again on pure Republican orthodoxy and lose another one.
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Left and Right, no one loves the bank bailouts. It's almost literally the only thing that even the Tea Party and Occupy movements agree on.
 
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Riveroaks said:
Overall I would say that the JV debate was more substantive than the varsity debate was.

Maybe Santorum really is the best guy for the job.
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LOL!

You shoulda' stopped at the 2nd drink, I think! :mrgreen:
 
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Riveroaks said:
Carson's closing argument -- drug deaths, abortion deaths, veteran suicides, deficits -- but no solutions.
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and one of the pundits just decreed him the debate winner?!
 
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Rubio won by a large margin, Trump seemed to bomb(getting booed more than once), Bush, Cruz did decent, Fiorina and Paul where there, Kasich sucked, Carson did not do himself any favors but did not hurt himself.
 
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Riveroaks said:
So you think Hillary's victory is a foregone conclusion ??

Jeeze I hope not.
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Pretty much. But I would never bet on it. I don't think the GOP has any strong candidates. If either Bush, Rubio or Kasich get the nom they some EVs from Florida and Ohio.
 
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Chomsky said:
Trump, even when more subdued, is a pretty decent closer.
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he was trump

but he again noted that he is self funding
can't be bought
[unless you offer the right price]
 
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Oh god these Fox Business hosts are actually arguing that Fiorina, Carson and Trump aren't doing too bad. Only one of them seems to think it's Rubio.
 
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Hah!

One the panel just called Trump a "non-traditional twitter feed"!

LMAO!
 
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