January 28th Republican debate on Fox News - Official Thread

[nikcers]

All in all a boring debate. At least he appealed to the african american audience. They are always a strong force in the Republican nomination.

Ron Paul people hate criminal justice reform and we aren't a force in the Republican nomination at all. I mean why do you think Ted Cruz and Trump want to be our second choice badly? Even Jebras pandering to us telling us that he has "libertarian blood"

 

[r3volution 3.0]

Even Jebras pandering to us telling us that he has "libertarian blood"

 

[francisco]

This entire thread is full of win

And, goes without saying, Rand did great tonight

 

[CPUd]

 

[francisco]

Out of rep.

(Although, the cat appears to be missing. )

 

[nskokov]

Some comments from the Reddit thread covering the debate:

"Really enjoyed the debate without Trump. Switched from Rubio to Paul tonight."

"Rand Paul is by far the best Republican in the field."

"Paul had a really strong debate. A dark horse for 3rd in Iowa maybe?"

"Great answers on foreign policy, the NSA and especially when it came to body cameras. He came across as very informed when criticising fines as revenue and the War on Drugs. Not sure if it’ll translate to a campaign boost but he’s definitely the winner of this debate."

"Rand Paul fired a great bit shot at Hillary tonight.
Hillary can't say she is for women's equality. If the Clinton Foundation is taking huge sums of money from countries that oppress women."

"Rand Paul at least seems like he'd be capable of doing the damn job."

"Rand didnt just look good up on stage he looked down right comfortable, poised even. Dolling out body blows to the other candidates."
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He definitely won over some independent/on the fence voters tonight while at the same time hopefully squeezing some of Cruz's support.

 

[devil21]

I'm pretty sure the media is going to pull a "Rubio Surge" over the weekend.

 

[devil21]

"I have a lot of affection for Rand Paul"

-Charles Krauthammer

 

[randomname]

I'm pretty sure the media is going to pull a "Rubio Surge" over the weekend.

Amd a completely made up one to, word is his numbers in Iowa/NH have been going DOWN over the last days

 

[alucard13mm]

I'd like to think of it as Rubio + Rand has a truce for the debate or hopefully next few weeks. Rand needs to take votes from Cruz and Rubio wants to make sure Jeb doesn't come out of no where and sideswipe him.

Yeah.. an unholy truce which hopefully wont be like Ron and Romney

 

[Rudeman]

I'd like to think of it as Rubio + Rand has a truce for the debate or hopefully next few weeks. Rand needs to take votes from Cruz and Rubio wants to make sure Jeb doesn't come out of no where and sideswipe him.

Yeah.. an unholy truce which hopefully wont be like Ron and Romney

Rand still went after Rubio on amnesty/immigration.

 

[bronc_fan23]

None of the other candidates attacked Rand because they didn't want to punch down. Which worked out for Rand because he came off looking good, I think the only time he was "attacked" was when Rubio invoked Rand's name when going after Cruz on defense spending.

 

[eleganz]

I really hope the media has been saving up their Cruz ammunition for this weekend. Cruz needs to go down, and it doesn't matter if the next guy up is Rubio but Cruz NEEDS to go down.

Seemed like a major Rubio pump in the Luntz focus group, could be a sign of a major last minute shift this weekend.

 

[PCKY]

All of you guys need to stop parroting your Ron Paul talking point against Cruz. He is a nice guy that even Ron Paul endorsed.

That's what makes it so bad with Cruz. He is using and abusing the Liberty movement. When it suits him he'll toss us aside like a used Kleenex!

 

[PCKY]

Problem with Krauthammer is his persistent Freudian slips of calling Rand Ron. Half the time he doesn't correct himself. It's annoying.

 

[01000110]

Rubio getting pumped like no tomorrow on Fox&Friends this morning. Rand is getting some good mentions.

 

[bronc_fan23]

Rubio getting pumped like no tomorrow on Fox&Friends this morning. Rand is getting some good mentions.

He's the establishment pick going into Iowa/NH, no doubt.

No mentions of Rand during Morning Joe.

 

[dancjm]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to CPUd again.

 

[dancjm]

None of the other candidates attacked Rand because they didn't want to punch down. Which worked out for Rand because he came off looking good, I think the only time he was "attacked" was when Rubio invoked Rand's name when going after Cruz on defense spending.

I would say they didn't want to punch up. Knowing they couldn't reach anyway.

 

[CaptUSA]

None of the other candidates attacked Rand because they didn't want to punch down. Which worked out for Rand because he came off looking good, I think the only time he was "attacked" was when Rubio invoked Rand's name when going after Cruz on defense spending.

I think they were being extra careful not to engage Rand in a one-on-one debate. It gives him more airtime and every time someone goes up against Rand on the issues, they come out damaged. They all want to pretend to be conservative, but Rand exposes them. The trick - which the media helps them with, both in limiting time and selective questioning - is to take the blow and redirect it away from him.