Unfortunately, I have to finish getting ready for my awesome trip to South Africa tomorrow so I don't have much time to respond on tonight's debate. One thing I will say is that tonight's debate was the Republican candidate's most substantive debate yet. The debate focused on the economy and monetary issues- areas where the Republicans are obviously generally stronger. I believe (read: hope) that after tonight Ben Carson and Donald Trump are going to start losing some team. John Kasich accused pretty much all of the candidates of living in fairy-tale lands and I liked it, but overall he had a pretty weak performance. Personally, I love Carly Fiorina, but I don't see much more for her. I really hope the eventual candidate picks her as a VP because I think with a little political experience she will be a very formidable politician in the future. Marco Rubio did a great job of finally connecting with middle America and unfortunately Bush was a bit lackluster. Rand Paul had some great points, but doesn't seem to be gaining much traction. Chris Christie had some great points about Social Security and the federal government needing to be honest about how it's lied to U.S. citizens regarding it's "entitlements". Overall, I'm most hopeful about Christie's and Rubio's future prospects. To me Ted Cruz had some very strong moments,. but he had some overly confrontational moments with the debate moderators which I think are telling regarding his inability to be a compromiser. A few lower rung candidates need to finally drop out of the race and shake things up a bit so the remaining candidates can really flesh each other out. All the talk about flattening and simplifying taxes has me excited but only time will tell how far this "talk" goes. Overall, a pretty darn good debate. I just wish the previous Republican debates could have been this substantive and they wouldn't be on the weakened footing against Democrats that they've set up for themselves before this point.
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