2nd #GopDebate on Fox Business

The second Republican debate on Fox Business was held. The undercard featued Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum.  Rand Paul opted out of the debate.  In this debate, each candidate did extremely well.  Huckabee came out strong speaking for the common man while Santorum was very passionate about the family, keeping America safe and the economy.  Fiorina focused on attacking Clinton and even made an indirect remark saying she loves to spend time with her husband which was interpreted as an attack against Bill Clinton.  In this under card debate, I think Santorum did well.  However, each candidate did pretty good.

In the main event debate, we saw Trump's and Cruz's 'bromance' dissolve as both went at it over Cruz's eligibility to run for president since he was born in Canada. The crowd booed Trump's insistance on the issue while Cruz fought back saying he will not take legal advice from Trump while Trump resonded that Cruz needs to ask his Harvard professors.  Trump did pretty well in this debate and I believe he won.  He was much better prepared and stood ground when attacked.  Marco Rubio and Chris Christie also went at it after Rubio attacked Christie for supporting many of Obama's ideas.  Christie shot back saying that Rubio told Bush that someone adviced him to attack him and said that that 'someone' "whispered" to Rubio the same advice. Rubio also went after Cruz's flip flopping at the senate.  Carl Carson was not strong in this debate and hardly spoke. He simply made some wise crack statements causing laughter and did not engage upon his own platform. Kasich did well as well, but did not 'tango' with the other candidates.  Bush did much better in this debate than in previous ones. However, he has failed to really set up a shining moment. Trump was strong and came across as a realist. He and Cruz had another moment when Cruz attacked New Yorkers saying they had no values and that no conservatives come from there.  Trump defended New York citing the heroism demonstrated on September 11, 2001.






Source:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/15/us/politics/transcript-of-republican-presidential-debate.html?smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur

http://www.foxbusiness.com/live-coverage/fox-business-network-gop-debates

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/14/politics/republican-debate-2016-highlights/index.html?eref=rss_latest

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/15/us/politics/what-you-have-missed-so-far-in-the-debate.html?_r=0

https://www.yahoo.com/politics/crowd-boos-trump-over-cruz-birther-attack-030303422.html

GOP Debate - Fox Business/WSJ

The fourth Republican presidential debate just took place on the Fox Business Channel which teamed up with the Wall Street Journal.  Milwaukee, the birth place of the Republican Party was the physical location. As usual, two debates took place.  The first debate was with candidates who have single digit poll numbers. Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee found themselves in this debate despite being in the major event in previous events. They were accompanied by Rick Santorum and Bobby Jindal. In this undercard debate, Chris Christie clearly won. Jindal was attacking him and how he runs New Jersey while Christie responded by addressing the issues and attacking Clinton.

In the main event, the candidate presented their tax plans and where they stood on other economic issues. Kasick was hogging the microphone in the beginning and attacked Trump.  Trump responded but held back. He was much more reserved in this debate than in previous ones. Some political pundits believe Trump is trying to present himself as more presidential due to criticism of his abrasive approach. Ted Cruz flubbed when asked which agencies he would cut by naming commerce twice. Bush started out well but then faded as the debate took hold.  There was no confrontation between him and Rubio as in the CNBC debate. Rubio spoke articulately and but was attacked by Rand Paul who questioned how he could be conservative if he wants to increase spending.  Carly Fiorina spoke well but failed to address how she would replace 'Obamacare.' Ben Carson addressed the new reports regarding his childhood and other things said of him which he described as lies. As in previous debates, he has not really expressed how he would do things in America if elected.  On immigration, Trump vowed to deport 11 million illegal immigrants which brought the response from Kasick who said the project was impossible and preferred having them pay a fine and seek citizenship. Bush interjected stating that we have to think about the families and how they would be broken apart if illegals were deported.  Regarding minimum wage, the majority of the candidates are against it claiming any increase would be like making people dependent on the government.  Rubio even made a ridiculous statement stating that welders made more money than philosophers and that we need more welders, not philosophers. That comment turned me off and I am sure my philosophy professors. A society with workers who do not think would be devastating for the United States of America.   As for a winner, the candidates did well. I did not see one stand out more than another. Trump was more docile and the others simply repeated what they have done in previous debates.  Overall, I think Christie won if we compare both cards.  This will most likely help him in the polls.  The moderators for this debate did an excellent job in my opinion.



Source:

http://www.foxbusiness.com/live-coverage/fox-business-network-wall-street-journal-gop-debates

http://time.com/4105817/fox-business-debate-live/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/11/10/well-be-annotating-the-gop-debate-here/

https://www.google.com/search?q=debate&oq=debate&aqs=chrome..69i57l3j69i59j69i60j69i61.24868j0j8&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=0&ie=UTF-8#tbm=nws&q=debate+winner

 http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/best-fourth-republican-debate-edition/story?id=35112856

https://www.yahoo.com/politics/trump-kasich-and-bush-clash-1297443436003382.html