This author and blogger stayed up to watch the Fox News Republican Presidential debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, quite a sacrifice, but seen as essential to understand the Republican Party mind!
Conclusions:
So called “winners”—Chris Christie, Nikki Haley
Holding their own–Mike Pence, Tim Scott
Horrifying and crashing—Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy
Having no impact—Asa Hutchinson, Doug Burgum
Two main thoughts:
Vivek Ramaswamy was attacked and vilified by Chris Christie, Mike Pence, and Nikki Haley, rightfully!
There is a major split on the issue of Ukraine—with Chris Christie, Nikki Haley, and Mike Pence speaking up for support, and Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy calling for an end of aid to Ukraine.
There is a clearcut refusal to attack Donald Trump, except by Chris Christie and Asa Hutchinson.
Further discussion will follow when there is time to analyze the effects of this debate.
All one can say for now is: thank goodness that Joe Biden is in the White House!
What a Mind Numbing Calamity.
There was no “Value Added Candidate” in the whole clutch group.
Agree with the assessment.
I agree with Daily Kos’s assessment. Nobody won the first Republican debate, but it did show the party doesn’t need Trump to be Trumpy.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/8/24/2189315/-Nobody-won-the-first-Republican-debate-but-it-did-show-the-party-doesn-t-need-Trump
All I can say is that I’m SO glad somebody else watched it so I didn’t have to.
Various people on the internet, including me, have said that the clear winner was Joe Biden, the Democrats, We the People, the US, or the world.
None of them are worth voting for. When the moderators pressed the eight candidates on whether they would support Trump as the nominee if he is convicted of criminal charges, all the contenders except Asa Hutchinson raised their hands. Chris Christie raised his hand slightly but then claimed that he was only shaking his finger in disapproval.
Trump is back on Twitter, or X, as Elon Musk is now calling it, and is tweeting his mug shot that was taken in Georgia this evening.
Trump is now inmate No. P01135809.
Washington Post/538 poll had post-debate rankings as Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy and Nikki Haley as the top three.