From Bookworm Room . . . "The article boils the foreign policy issue (which the Constitution gives to the president) down to two world views: The Wilson world view is that we have to intervene all over the world to make it a better place, and that it’s shameful to win wars; instead we have to make peace. The Jackson view is that we shouldn’t fight a war that doesn’t directly benefit us, but when we fight, we fight to win. Wilsonians would say a safer world indirectly benefits us, making intervention wars worthwhile. Jacksonians would say that too many of our wars have not only failed to give us any benefit, they’ve been very bad for us, especially because — as Obama exemplifies — we shouldn’t win." . . .
Lucianne is an excellent source for material such as these:
GOP December 2015 Debate: Another View "The debate was much stronger for everyone -- except perhaps for Trump.
"The CNN moderators did not become the story, so that’s positive.
"The main story line is that they attacked each other appropriately, I believe, but they always brought the discussion back to Obama-Hillary. This circle back to the Dems was smart, very smart." . . .
Tuesday’s GOP debate was Jeb Bush’s last stand, and he failed . . . "At this point then, barring an even unlikelier miracle in next month’s GOP debate, the last before the Iowa caucuses, Bush has no way of turning around his fortunes. Sure, one would think Bush could use his money advantage to move his numbers by flooding Iowa and New Hampshire airwaves with ads. But his campaign has already tried that, “racing through its massive war chest” with nothing to show for it." . . .
Consider the source on this: CNN: Was Marco Rubio Overrated All Along? . . . "That was a rough debate for Marco Rubio. He finally got that long-awaited challenge on his previous support for the “Gang of Eight” immigration-law overhaul, which he handled well enough. But any way you look at it, this puts him to the left of the field on the major animating issue of the campaign. He continually took fire from a surging Ted Cruz and a feisty Rand Paul. He spent much of the night on the defensive." . . .
The Daily 202: Anger won and Rubio lost last night’s debate “ 'Like all of you, I’m angry” is how Carly Fiorina began her opening statement. That sentence encapsulates not just last night’s two-hour debate in Las Vegas but also the entire Republican nominating contest thus far. Donald Trump himself was largely a non-factor in the candidates’ fifth and final showdown of 2015, but Trumpism was the dominant, animating force inside the Venetian Theatre." . . .
Fifth Debate Quietly Winnows The Field
Lucianne is an excellent source for material such as these:
GOP December 2015 Debate: Another View "The debate was much stronger for everyone -- except perhaps for Trump.
"The CNN moderators did not become the story, so that’s positive.
"The main story line is that they attacked each other appropriately, I believe, but they always brought the discussion back to Obama-Hillary. This circle back to the Dems was smart, very smart." . . .
Tuesday’s GOP debate was Jeb Bush’s last stand, and he failed . . . "At this point then, barring an even unlikelier miracle in next month’s GOP debate, the last before the Iowa caucuses, Bush has no way of turning around his fortunes. Sure, one would think Bush could use his money advantage to move his numbers by flooding Iowa and New Hampshire airwaves with ads. But his campaign has already tried that, “racing through its massive war chest” with nothing to show for it." . . .
Consider the source on this: CNN: Was Marco Rubio Overrated All Along? . . . "That was a rough debate for Marco Rubio. He finally got that long-awaited challenge on his previous support for the “Gang of Eight” immigration-law overhaul, which he handled well enough. But any way you look at it, this puts him to the left of the field on the major animating issue of the campaign. He continually took fire from a surging Ted Cruz and a feisty Rand Paul. He spent much of the night on the defensive." . . .
The Daily 202: Anger won and Rubio lost last night’s debate “ 'Like all of you, I’m angry” is how Carly Fiorina began her opening statement. That sentence encapsulates not just last night’s two-hour debate in Las Vegas but also the entire Republican nominating contest thus far. Donald Trump himself was largely a non-factor in the candidates’ fifth and final showdown of 2015, but Trumpism was the dominant, animating force inside the Venetian Theatre." . . .
Fifth Debate Quietly Winnows The Field
. . . "Not surprisingly, Trump arguably made the biggest news of the night: Finally shutting down speculation that he might run as a third-party candidate should he not win the nomination in Cleveland, a rogue step that would basically doom Republican White House hopes." . . .
In Las Vegas Debate, a Rubio-Cruz Showdown Takes Center Stage . . . "Tuesday may have foreshadowed a Rubio-Cruz battle for the nomination that more and more Republicans are now predicting, as Cruz continues to consolidate the support of conservative voters and Rubio emerges as the favorite of center-right, establishment-oriented voters. " . . .
A Serious Debate for a Country at a Moment of Serious Crisis "First, as lengthy as tonight’s debate on CNN was, about two-thirds of the nine GOP candidates on stage turned in solid performances and demonstrated real knowledge and critical analysis of serious crises: how to monitor potential terrorist communications, how to handle Syrian refugees, what to do about Syria’s bloody civil war, when the U.S. should stand with dictators, how to handle Putin, and so on." . . .
The threat grew worse in part because the Obama administration didn’t want to see the threat, didn’t want to acknowledge the threat was growing, didn’t want to admit its policies weren’t working, and didn’t want to break its politically-correct worldview.
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