Fox News 1st tier GOP candidate debate @9pm ET **live commentary thread**

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Entertaining debate. Knew Christie and Paul would be going at it, glad they did for better or for worse because it helped make this debate memorable.

Really impressed with Kasich...which naturally means he won't win the nomination.

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Why is Fox News ignoring Kasich?

Because he makes too much sense

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Entertaining debate. Knew Christie and Paul would be going at it, glad they did for better or for worse because it helped make this debate memorable.

Really impressed with Kasich...which naturally means he won't win the nomination.

I wouldn't write off his chances just yet.

I'll stay positive for now. He really seemed presidential to me in that last debate. My respect for him has increased ten-fold.

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As a Jeb Bush supporter, I don't think he knocked it out of the park. Chris Christie is the one clearly had the best night. But Bush's performance was steady and he will benefit when Trump's poll numbers slip and as people realize Trump is a joke.

I do think Bush had a better night tonight than the NH forum the other day. I was waiting for him to make a BIG splash, and I feel like it didn't happen. But I really did like some of his answers.

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Now here is my view of how the candidates did in the debates-

Jeb Bush-Ok he didn't have a great debate but he did what he had to do. He didn't hurt himself any and came out undamaged.

John Kasich-I could have heard the same talking points in an interview that he talked about in the debate. I was really starting to like him the past few weeks too. I always question if he is too liberal for me though.

Ben Carson-Why was he there again? Remind me... He had a couple good zingers but that was it.

Scott Walker-He didn't do anything wrong. He was bland and I expected him to stand out more than he did. He was just there sort of.... Nice VP Candidate though!

Rand Paul-Much like my explanation about Ben Carson but without the couple zingers. But...Paul was damaged by his confrontations with Trump and Christie. If Paul did like Scott Walker and Jeb Bush did and didn't damage himself any he would have came out of this debate looking pretty good.

Chris Christie-In my opinion he won the debate. His tone was good as were his answers to the moderators questions.


 

Wow a NE republican from New Jersey saying Christie won the debate and Paul did badly. Surprising!

Rand didn't have a very good night.