Fox Business Network, WI 1st tier GOP debate @9pm ET **live commentary thread**

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

He's not knocking it out of the park, but this is Jeb's best debate yet. If he'd been performing like this the whole campaign, his campaign wouldn't be in intensive care.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

"little false little things" - John Kasich

That was a hilarious response to Trump.

Did Trump get booed for dismissing Kasich?

Just making sure somebody else heard it.

I thought it was Kasich getting booed. I don't know how to really tell though.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

What happened to all the debate prep that Bush was doing?

He hasn't gotten much chance to speak.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Well, Rubio's done - he's going to drop over dead from polonium poisoning any week now, for calling Putin a gangster.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Kasich makes the attack on Cruz that I thought Bush would make on Rubio.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

So fascinating that the GOP feels compelled to launch a #WaronPhilosophers. Wonder how that will play out.

As someone said earlier, the Republicans are going full-on Khmer Rouge, They'll start with the philosophers, and then go on to anyone wearing glasses. (No wonder they don't like Jebbie.)

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Is Cruz trying to become the Ron Paul of 2016?

Note that Cruz stopped 1 step short of actually advocating a new gold standard, but he sure dog whistled it pretty hard.


Cruz is angling to pick up Paulites, Trump and Carson followers.