{"id":26821,"date":"2015-10-29T14:53:42","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T18:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=26821"},"modified":"2015-10-29T14:53:42","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T18:53:42","slug":"some-thoughts-on-the-republican-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=26821","title":{"rendered":"Some Thoughts On The Republican Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Late last night The Weekly Standard<\/a> posted an article about the Republican Debate last night. The debate on CNBC<\/a> was a tutorial on media bias. The questions were ridiculous, and the candidates called out the moderators on the silliness.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

The three winners of the night were pretty obvious: Marco Rubio<\/a>, Ted Cruz<\/a>, and Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rubio ended Jeb Bush<\/a>\u2019s campaign with the kind of body shot that buckles your knees.<\/a> That\u2019s on Bush, who never should have come after Rubio in that spot for a host of strategic and tactical reasons.<\/a> But what should scare Hillary Clinton is how effortless Rubio is even with throwaway lines, like \u201cI\u2019m against anything that\u2019s bad for my mother.\u201d Most people have no idea how fearsome raw political talent can be. Clinton does know because she\u2019s seen it up close. She sleeps next to it for a contractually-obligated 18 nights per year.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Cruz was tough and canny\u2014no surprise there. He went the full-Gingrich in his assault on CNBC\u2019s ridiculous moderators. He did a better job explaining Social Security reform<\/a> than Chris Christie<\/a>, even (which is no mean feat). And managed to look downright personable compared with John Harwood, whose incompetence was matched only by his unpleasantness. If you\u2019re a conservative voter looking for someone who is going to fight for your values, Cruz must have looked awfully attractive.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then there was Trump. Over the last few weeks, Trump has gotten better on the stump. Well, don\u2019t look now, but he\u2019s getting better at debates, too. Trump was reasonably disciplined. He kept his agro to a medium-high level. And his situational awareness is getting keener, too. Note how he backed John Kasich<\/a> into such a bad corner on Lehman Brothers<\/a> that he protested, \u201cI was a banker, and I was proud of it!\u201d When that\u2019s your answer, you\u2019ve lost the exchange. Even at a Republican debate.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And Trump had a hammer close: \u201cOur country doesn\u2019t win anymore. We used to win. We don\u2019t anymore.\u201d I remain convinced that this line (along with his hardliner on immigration) is the core of Trump\u2019s appeal. But he didn\u2019t just restate this theme in his closing argument. He used it to: (1) beat up CNBC; and (2) argue that his man-handling of these media twits is an example of what he\u2019ll do as president. It was brilliant political theater.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am not a Trump supporter, but I am supporter of the way he handles the press–he doesn’t back down. He’s not afraid of calling them out when they lie.<\/p>\n

The article at The Weekly Standard regards the six candidates with an actual shot at winning the nomination as Trump, Carson, Rubio, Cruz, and possibly Fiorina and Christie. I think they are on to something. I will say that whoever wins the nomination will have some really smart potential cabinet members to choose from.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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