On the CNN Reagan Library Republican debates

Unlike Trump, Rand Paul Actually Made Some Sensible Points During the Debate

"The Kentucky senator cut through the “childish, silly back-and-forth” to present reasonable alternatives on foreign policy, drug reform, and mass incarceration."

Candidates Use Second G.O.P. Debate to Taunt Donald Trump . . . "While moderators at the CNN debate tried repeatedly to pit one Republican after another against Mr. Trump, the candidates fought to break out of that dynamic, with Carly Fiorina emerging as an especially tenacious combatant who provided some of the few moments where Mr. Trump looked uncomfortable." . . .

Left Coast Rebel

Who Won the Second Republican Presidential Debate?   "The GOP rivals squared off at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, and a surprising victor emerged."

Takeaway from the Second Debates: GOP is Personality, Not Ideology Centered

'Donald Trump Met His Match in Carly Fiorina' "19 political insiders pick the debate’s winners and losers"

Is the GOP Establishment Ready to Dump Bush?

Did Rand Paul help his cause?

#GOPDebate UNBIASED Breakdown – Winners, Losers and MAJOR surprise!

National Review Online had much to say about Carly Fiorina and the debate: Below are just a few of many.


Why Debates Matter   "On Wednesday evening, a consensus formed quickly: Florida senator Marco Rubio and former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina had emerged victorious."

Carly Fiorina Dares Clinton and Obama to Watch Planned Parenthood Videos

Carly’s Night  . . . "One hopes for his sake that there is someone around [Trump] who can approach him tomorrow and say, “Sir, I regret to inform you that you actually have to know something to run for president and that I have no choice to recommend that you read a policy briefing or two.” By the end of the three hours of his usual array of insults and airy, seat-of-the-pants answers, he felt a little tired and diminished, but who knows how it will affect his standing?" 

Fiorina: I Wouldn’t Talk to Russia, I’d Rebuild Missile Defense in Poland
"Responding to Donald Trump saying “I will get along” with Vladimir Putin, Carly Fiorina said tonight, “Having met Vladimir Putin, I wouldn’t talk to him at all; we talked way too much.' ” . . .