October 28th Republican debate on CNBC - Official thread

[r3volution 3.0]

I really think Rand should live stream himself during the next debate!! It would be awesome!

No one likes a smartass....

 

[PCKY]

Wow. Trump at 65%. Carson and Paul at 3%.

There are some serious Trump bots with the Drudge poll. But Rand is showing up.

 

[PCKY]

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.

I would bet a paycheck that Fiorina has an image consultant.

 

[eleganz]

Rand's decision to endorse McDonnell is kind of like your girlfriend catching you on a date or flirting with another girl.

No matter how many good deeds you do, she'll never let it go and she'll always bring it up.

This Mcconnell thing will follow Rand forever, its also not that big of a deal because how many of Iowa/NH voters actually know or care about that? Likely not enough to matter.

Rand needs to shine tomorrow, if the House Freedom Caucus (led by Justin) ends up flipping the script and blocking Paul Ryan, and credits it to his relationship with Rand and Rand stopping Ryan, that would be a huge conservative victory for Rand. It plays exactly into the narrative that Rand has relationships in DC and can pull strings to do good things and Ted Cruz's combativeness gets him nowhere when things really count.

I really hope I'm right and Amash will surprise all of us by revoking House Freedom Caucus support from Ryan, effectively stopping him from being Speaker.....

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Trump is getting killed on Twitter for back tracking and acting clueless on his own H-1B visa position.

The problem is that the plan came from Sessions, so Trump's memory of and commitment to the plan are cloudy.

 

[PCKY]

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.

They're likely trending in correlation with their time.

 

[eleganz]

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."

Worth a lot more than that especially after the general consensus that tonight's debate was a complete hack job.

Rand could (I'm hoping will) be credited with bringing issues to the forefront and sweeping the circus shows under the rug.

 

[PCKY]

The problem is that the plan came from Sessions, so Trump's memory of and commitment to the plan are cloudy.

He was pretty flagrant on the Zuckerberg quote...but the moderator was sloppy for not having her source handy.

 

[PCKY]

Am I losing my mind, or was the main female moderator the one that Rand sushed?

 

[nikcers]

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

Didn't Cruz vote for the spending that Rand is filibustering? I read that Mitch cooked the bill so Rand won't have much leverage.

 

[PCKY]

Rand's decision to endorse McDonnell is kind of like your girlfriend catching you on a date or flirting with another girl.

No matter how many good deeds you do, she'll never let it go and she'll always bring it up.

This Mcconnell thing will follow Rand forever, its also not that big of a deal because how many of Iowa/NH voters actually know or care about that? Likely not enough to matter.

Rand needs to shine tomorrow, if the House Freedom Caucus (led by Justin) ends up flipping the script and blocking Paul Ryan, and credits it to his relationship with Rand and Rand stopping Ryan, that would be a huge conservative victory for Rand. It plays exactly into the narrative that Rand has relationships in DC and can pull strings to do good things and Ted Cruz's combativeness gets him nowhere when things really count.

I really hope I'm right and Amash will surprise all of us by revoking House Freedom Caucus support from Ryan, effectively stopping him from being Speaker.....

Massie has been advocating maintaining support for Webster. I think this could happen. And Rand made it pretty clear tonight that he does not support Ryan for Speaker.

 

[CPUd]

Am I losing my mind, or was the main female moderator the one that Rand sushed?

No, the woman tonight was Becky Quick.

 

[WeTheVigilant]

What an embarrassment CNBC was tonight, a complete disgrace. All they did was attack the candidates, insult the candidates, bring up leftist talking points and try to cause division. They ought to be ashamed of themselves for hijacking what could have been a constructive discussion about pertinent issues to ask questions about fantasy football.

 

[CPUd]

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From CNN's Maeve Reston: Bush campaign confronted CNBC

A source who witnessed the Jeb Bush aide Danny Diaz-CNBC confrontation here tonight during the debate said Diaz approached the CNBC control room pounding on the door to make the producers come out mid-debate. The witness is an aide to a rival campaign.

Diaz was shouting at the producers about how there was no fairness in the time allotted to the candidates (with Bush getting so little time). Apparently CNBC had developed some kind of “fairness algorithm” to determine if the candidates were getting enough time. Mid-debate, Diaz was shouting at the producers: "What about your fairness algorithm?”

 

[freejack]

Am I losing my mind, or was the main female moderator the one that Rand sushed?

That was Kelly Evans who he shushed.

 

[PCKY]

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

But will he take Ted's question?

 

[PCKY]

That was Kelly Evans who he shushed.

Ok, so mind has been found and the CNBC spokesbimbos all seem to be the same... .

 

[PCKY]

Costa from WAPO is on MSNBC and he is such an ASS!

 

[CPUd]

BREAKING (30 minutes ago): Rubio's campaign manager has declared Rubio debate winner!

From CNN’s Stephen Collinson: Rubio camp says he’s won

The debate has a half hour to run but Marco Rubio’s campaign has seen enough. It’s declaring victory.
The Florida Senator’s team is already sending out fundraising pitches based on what his communications director Alex Conant described as Rubio’s “take down of the GOP establishment, the liberal media and Jeb Bush’s campaign.” Conant included video highlights in his email to supporters.

Rubio’s political director Jessica Ennis is also weighing in, writing to donors: “Marco is winning the debate right now, so if you’re not watching, get in front of a TV or computer — a radio, even — ASAP.”

She included a link for impressed viewers to chip in $5 for Rubio’s campaign.

 

[HVACTech]

What an embarrassment CNBC was tonight, a complete disgrace. All they did was attack the candidates, insult the candidates, bring up leftist talking points and try to cause division. They ought to be ashamed of themselves for hijacking what could have been a constructive discussion about pertinent issues to ask questions about fantasy football.

whut?
have you never been to Boulder?

tis a whole nother world comrade.