Your friend Jim George thinks you'd be a great addition to Ricochet, so we'd like to offer you a special deal: You can become a member for no initial charge for one month!
Ricochet is a community of like-minded people who enjoy writing about and discussing politics (usually of the center-right nature), culture, sports, history, and just about every other topic under the sun in a fully moderated environment. We’re so sure you’ll like Ricochet, we’ll let you join and get your first month for free. Kick the tires: read the always eclectic member feed, write some posts, join discussions, participate in a live chat or two, and listen to a few of our over 50 (free) podcasts on every conceivable topic, hosted by some of the biggest names on the right, for 30 days on us. We’re confident you’re gonna love it.
The first GOP debate just wrapped up — not the one with Jeb! and The Donald, but the B-team. These are the seven candidates who didn’t have enough juice in the polls to make the main debate coming at 9 p.m. ET. All of them entered this JV debate hoping to make enough of an impact to enter the top tier the next time around. I wish Fox News had set it up so the winner of this contest immediately reported to the prime time debate, but alas, this is politics, not “Top Chef.”
Great to hear! I’m for Carly. I could not watch it because I “cut the cord”.
Fiorina had great answers that sounded like they were delivered by an actual human being.
It was Jim Gilmore, hands down.
Could not disagree more on Governor Perry. I thought his answers were stilted and given with a quivering, weak voice and was always playing from behind.
His odd support of Carly Fiorina for Secretary of State was a bit strange.
Carly was obviously #1 and then Jindal #2.
Gilmore and Pataki were debating ca. 2000.
Santorum’s act is done and Graham is ca. 2004.
Agreed with your order except for Perry. He didn’t bring his A-game. Jindal for 2nd. I have become a big fan of Carly. 2016 should be the year for the citizen candidate.
I couldn’t disagree about Fiorina, although the “two phone calls” line is becoming one of her staples already. What really struck me was how second-rate the whole broadcast seemed, almost as if Fox had a “well, we have to do this, but . . . ” attitude. Wildly different questions of different difficulty for different people, follow-ups on some issues but not on others, “challenging” some answers, but not others. These second-tier candidates received a second-tier presentation, which is of no help to any of them. Let’s hope the first team is better served.
Fiorina. I’m really impressed by her.
This is a good point about Fox. They did a terrible disservice to these candidates by making it look like a cable access debate.
Carly by a mile. Not even close.
Ditto here. Carly’s my man.
James Stockdale did a hell of a lot more for American than George Pataki ever did…
I listened to it on the radio driving home from an out of state meeting. Fiorina came across the best. Pataki was surprisingly good on the radio – I guess I couldn’t see the facial tics.
Perry was better on the radio than Jindal.
I almost drove off the road listening to Graham – from drowsiness.
I spent a couple minutes watching and listening to Pataki trying to figure out who he reminds me of. Then I figured it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Cs5O0PEnYs
Carly destroyed everyone.
I’m glad I didn’t watch this. I would have gotten angry. I think Fox is horrific at political theater, transparent and pedestrian.
All these debates make the candidates look small – and the anchor-journos look large. The first candidate that calls them out on this will earn my respect forever.
On my rarely used Twitter account I just stopped following Perry and started following Fiorina (I can’t put up with multiple politicians at the same time).
Did anyone else notice that these people had no audience. The whole thing ended up feeling kind of empty to me. I think after several cycles of these kind of stand and deliver debates I am growing sick of them. This one felt so hollow to me. No one said anything that memorable, and everyone was more interested in engaging someone who was not on stage. I think having a series of professional campaign adds by each candidate shown in a row would have been a more interesting experience.
Who the heck is Jim Gilmore?
Jim Gilmore is the man who will save America!
Carly Fiorina and Marco Rubio are my dream team for running mates.
Maybe Lindsey is running for Secretary of War.
Not Defense. War.
Mostly agree but I would (barely) put Gilmore ahead of Santorum, mostly because I know nothing of Gilmore and am tired of Little Ricky.
Former Governor of Virginia. Yeah, I had to ask too.
I heard he killed a man!
Watch Carly take Chris Matthews out on MSNBC.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2569744/
That man has a name! I really don’t know why he is running.
PERFECT.
Hopefully the Koch bros will agree with us. :)
Thanks for this post. I didn’t get to watch or listen, so this was helpful.
Nope. Lt. Bogomil in Beverly Hills Cop.
http://cdn.hark.com/images/000/312/122/312122/original.jpg