Ranking the candidates based on first debate
 

Kasich
Rubio
Christie
Bush
Huckabee
Cruz
Walker
Carson
Paul
Fiorina
Graham
Santorum
The rest except for....
Trump

I have been talking about Carly Fiorina for sometime now on these pages and she delivered yesterday. I like her even more

I also liked Rubio, Huckabee, and Carson all of whom should get a boost from this debate

I believe Trump hurt himself, Bush hurt himself ,Paul hurt himself. as to the rest of the candidates I didn't change my position one way or another.

Personal Best Regards:

Carly did absolutely nothing! Paul, Huckabee, Walker, and Rubio were back seat riders in the clown car. Christy and Bush were in the front seat of the clown car. The clown car was purposely aimed at Donnie Trump. He sidestepped the clown car and it crashed.

Trump wins again - the rest of the GOP candidates look like clown goo.

Donald Trump got 24 million viewers to last night's debate. The first debate in 2011 got four million viewers. Without Trump on the stage last night, this would have been a real snore-fest.

I liked Carly also. Cruz, rubio, Huckabee and I still like Trump. They played dirty by setting him up but I like the fact he is not a politician and although not polished like the rest he is still a successful man and would surround himself with the right people carson is brilliant, but meek which we don't need. We have a wonderful line up and the dems can't find one good candidate. Great debate. Megan Kelly made me sick trying to bring up the war on women. Maybe she should move over to CNBC.

I though that Marco Rubio looked and sounded the best of all of them. Kasich also came off pretty well.

Trump didn't hurt himself so in that way, he won. He was in the lead and I don't think that the size of the lead will change because of last night's debate.

There are really only two or three that I can see actually becoming the nominee. I really don't see Trump going the distance. People are either going to love him or hate him and I don't think that a presidential candidate can afford alienate people the way Trump does.

It's really a very interesting primary because if you take Trump out of the picture, there's not real clear frontrunner. Bush is leading Walker by a slight margin, but if Trump eventually drops out, I don't think that his people are going to go for Bush.

I like Rubio's chances.

Trump is in this thing only to raise his personal profile and brand and to feed his massive ego. There is simply no way he would put his assets in a blind trust and step aside from running his companies, to take the presidency, assuming that the party was so dysfunctional as to nominate him, and the country so dysfunctional as to elect him. He is an interesting distraction at this point.

Before the debate I was hoping for a Rubio/Fiorina ticket. After last night I am behind Carly as the nominee 100%. She has got what it takes and maybe, just maybe those that simply want to vote for a woman might be impressed by her rather than that other one who has accomplished not much of anything in her life. I thought Rubio did really well as well as Christy, but I don't believe Christy is electable. Interesting cast of nominees - like Rubio said "we are blessed to have so many, when the Democrats can't even find one decent one".

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I was favoring Kasich until last night's junior varsity debate(?). Now, I am hoping to see more Fiorina. Trump is a wild card, or Joker in this case and I don't take him seriously. I think he is more of a stage prop. We have 17 possibles right now and it wouldn't hurt me if any one of about 10-12 of them got the nomination.

Trump warned them not to dismiss him but if they throw him out he said he would go 3rd party. He's been consistent in his statements I am still for trump. Rand Paul lost. Cruz great and Carly could beat Hillary hands down

Your usual nonsensical :censored:

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Whomever posted this has single handly lowered the average IQ of posters on this forum and it was not that great to begin with.

How does one get this emotionally screwed up ?

Trump should really wipe that sour look off his face. He looks exactly like Benito Mussolini.(lol)

Most everyone is stating the Kasich did really well, Trump held his own, and Bush didn't screw up.