BBC News: Reports " What was surprising, however, was how few candidates tried to lay a hand on front-runner Donald Trump. There was plenty of heat in this fifth Republican debate, but very little of it involved the New York businessman who claims leads in almost every recent presidential preference poll. "
Lets Get Real:
This blog recorded the debate and watched it all the following morning, the winners were Trump, Cruz, Rubio and Bush. The blog agrees with the above statement, the candidates did not really take on Trump with the exception of Jeb Bush, if only THIS Bush had turned up at the other debates, as he stated to Trump that he could not insult his way to the Oval Office. One can see why the pundits were impressed with Senator Cruz, he knew his stuff, even if this blog found it did not agree with any of the Cruz Statements, Rubion wanted to take on the terrorists, while he suggested that Cruz was like Obama, and wanted to read them their rights. Thus overall what does this blog expect in the polls, well, one can see Cruz extending his lead in Iowa, while the Trump brand name should help him other States. One could almost see a Trump/Cruz ticket, the Republican Establishment would not be happy, as in way the Isolation wing of the Republican Party would have won the fight. Thus one hopes HRC will win in the end, bad day for democracy, but at least HRC will act on the international front.
