October 28th Republican debate on CNBC - Official thread

Who won the debate?

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scratch that, 6th ate 7th
 
I think Christie cannot be helped by anything he does. Being any way associated with something like Bridgegate .....

Just taking one second to imagine people reporting to Christie purposefully shutting down a bridge to spite another politician will wipe out any positive impact of debate performances.

Trump may.



Poll closed. Polls always close if Rand is doing too good.
 
Now that I thought about it again, I'm not that unhappy with today's debate because Rand got his message across, TOMORROW I'M FILIBUSTERING THE DEBT.

There is a really good chance the conservative news cycle will either lean his way or shift to him so he will be taking attention away from today's debate and thats what ultimately matters.

Rand needs a GOP hero moment and he may just get it.
 
Trump may.



Poll closed. Polls always close if Rand is doing too good.

It's a live poll that cycles its questions. They do that for several minutes, then close it and go to another question. That's why during the debate people were occasionally posting the link when it cycled back to that question.
 
Now that I thought about it again, I'm not that unhappy with today's debate because Rand got his message across, TOMORROW I'M FILIBUSTERING THE DEBT.

There is a really good chance the conservative news cycle will either lean his way or shift to him so he will be taking attention away from today's debate and thats what ultimately matters.



Rand needs a GOP hero moment and he may just get it.

How much do you want to bet that Cruz will join him during the prime hours?
 
Trump may.



Poll closed. Polls always close if Rand is doing too good.

It's a live poll that cycles its questions. They do that for several minutes, then close it and go to another question. That's why during the debate people were occasionally posting the link when it cycled back to that question. The order posted in this post was fairly consistent throughout the night.
 
Now that I thought about it again, I'm not that unhappy with today's debate because Rand got his message across, TOMORROW I'M FILIBUSTERING THE DEBT.

There is a really good chance the conservative news cycle will either lean his way or shift to him so he will be taking attention away from today's debate and thats what ultimately matters.

Rand needs a GOP hero moment and he may just get it.

I hope the man upstairs is listening to you! Because our country is still in deep trouble and our guy needs all the help he can get!! :cool:;)
 
Now that I thought about it again, I'm not that unhappy with today's debate because Rand got his message across, TOMORROW I'M FILIBUSTERING THE DEBT.

There is a really good chance the conservative news cycle will either lean his way or shift to him so he will be taking attention away from today's debate and thats what ultimately matters.

Rand needs a GOP hero moment and he may just get it.

As long as nobody watched the debate, everything will be fine. Cruz totally stole every single piece of Rand's thunder in a convincing way and was CLEARLY trying to poach his support. But thankfully it was particularly difficult to watch without a cable subscription.

You may have a really good point though about redirection and using the news cycle though.
 
"Trending" on Fedbook: (cycling through brings up all candidates except for Rand.)

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Who cares. Rand was trending number one after the first debate because of his exchange with Christie. He proceeded to go down in the polls.
 
Cruz makes me sick. He's not even eligible to be President and should not even be in the race.
 
Now that I thought about it again, I'm not that unhappy with today's debate because Rand got his message across, TOMORROW I'M FILIBUSTERING THE DEBT.

There is a really good chance the conservative news cycle will either lean his way or shift to him so he will be taking attention away from today's debate and thats what ultimately matters.

Rand needs a GOP hero moment and he may just get it.

Yea, as we ought to have learned over the past 7 years, one moment on the boob tube means *almost* nothing.

It's about regular placement in the news cycle.

So, if Rand can score some good press over the attempt by virtually every other GOPer to sell out the country for more freeshit (aka reelection bucks)?

debt ceiling fight on the floor?

....well that's worth infinitely more than any "debate."
 
Agree with that.

The whole debate was a mess, the moderators and the questions were horrible. But Rand came off above it and handled himself well.

He didn't blow it and he should continue on his upward momentum that he's had going. Others will go up and down and show that it's still wide open.

Plus we get to do it again in a couple weeks.
Agree.
 
I'll go back and read everything tomorrow.

Put Trump's tie on Rand, and he would look perfect. He didn't do a lot to tweak his hair, but he looks great. The camera really likes him tonight. By contrast, Trump's hair is too blond, too strange, and he needs better makeup. Rubio and Cruz look ill in the gray shirts. Fiorina looks very good. She is so trim and tasteful.
 
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