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We’ll be streaming GLoP live starting at 5PM ET. The GLoPpers (Jonah Goldberg, Rob Long, and John Podhoretz) will break for the GOP debate, which we’ll also stream, then reconvene afterward for post-debate banter.
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How do we deal with the issue of being unable to post because the chat window is constantly refreshing?
5 EST? PST? What?
5PM New Hampshire time.
I’m thinking that since the times in the Ricochet Live box are usually in PST, that is what they are going with here, but that is a guess and I’ll be checking in before that so I don’t miss it.
New Hampshire. It’s not that difficult, people. :-)
Some weird editing voodoo took place here.
Hey, bring the Show to South Carolina next y’all!
Regarding the debate, is this one of the best political ads ever or what? And on such short notice, to boot.
Um, isn’t it after 5 p.m., there’s no way to listen to this live that I’m seeing.Yes, I am that stupid, go to the podcast – live location…
Just used to the live debate bar on the main page.
Not getting it either, SS.
I hope no one joined for this.
Yes, it was a bust on my end…
I disagree with the Glop analysis. I think Rubio did great, Cruz as well. Christie did himself no favors. Carson was a snooze. Jeb! had some moments. Trump is insufferable.
That is all.
Pretty much my take as well. Christie was doing okay in the beginning, but a little Chris goes a long, long way.
Will it be possible to listen to the podcast recording, or was it only available when it was live?
How should Rubio have answered the “experience” question?
I think something like this would have done him far better than the performance he gave:
Judging from my FB feed evangelicals are seriously ticked over the flippant women and selective service comments by Rubio, Bush, etc…
The podcast will be released Monday AM
I’ll admit, I have weird views on this topic. To my mind, if we’re going to have women in the military, then they should be doing the same jobs as the men. And if women are serving in combat, then there’s no reason for them to not be eligible for the draft.
This is what equality means. I’m with President Grant – the best way to get rid of a bad law is to enforce it vigorously.
My impression is that Rubio was significantly damaged by Christie, but recovered somewhat by the end of the debate. Were people still watching or were impressions formed? It was probably not enough to boost Christie’s prospects but enough to damage Rubio’s.
This stupidest issue was whether Obama was incompetent or deliberate in his actions. He could be both. Of course, it is easy to be an armchair debater. However, I wish someone had quoted the old saw, “Never assume maliciousness when incompetence is a sufficient explanation.” The rather narrow question which tripped everyone up is whether incompetence was sufficient.
One good thing about the debates for all the candidates is that it will toughen the survivor up.
My worry is that as candidates attack one another, the eventual nominee may lose the supporters of the candidates he attacked – and their votes.
Hopefully you will not be in NH 4 years from now.
I think if one considers what has been visible and audible over the past seven years the conclusion has to be that we are getting plenty of both incompetence and malintent.
As I reflected on the debate after it was over, what stayed with me at an emotional level was Christie’s assault on Rubio. I was left thinking that Rubio looked like a young, uncertain kid reciting his lines. I know he made some fine and knowledgeable comments later in the debate but that exchange stayed with me, so I think Christie achieved his goal, at least with me.
In contrast, Cruz made a bad tactical error early on in responding to Carson on the Iowa issue. His apology was fine and he should have stopped there but he then proceeded to blame CNN for it, giving Carson an opportunity to come back and leave me thinking “sometimes this guy just doesn’t know when to shut up”. But the incident did not stick with me, unlike the Rubio-Christie exchange.
Just to clarify, you mean Cruz sometimes just doesn’t know when to shut up.
I also think Christie hurt Rubio, or rather gave Rubio the opportunity to hurt himself. I don’t see Christie being helped by this, though. Rubio regurgitation of his talking points was disconcerting. There’s nothing wrong with hammering a point, but repeating a line nearly verbatim, especially when Christie had just accused him of mouthing a memorized 25 second line, is bizarre. But if anyone is helped by this, isn’t it Cruz?
Thanks for the clarification – yes, I was referring to Cruz, not Carson.
Christie helped himself a bit with me, but he certainly hurt Rubio more. I should emphasize, I’m only speaking to my reaction. I’m terrible at predicting the larger impacts of these debates.
Max,
Will the audio be posted as a podcast?
One of the selling points of a Rubio candidacy has been that he is the best at making the case for conservatism; that he’s the most articulate defender of it who can convince many to come into the tent.
That exchange with Christie weakened that selling point substantially. I agree with you, he got flustered.
Cruz is frequently accused of delivering canned remarks on given subjects and in answer to questions. I’ve seen him respond to the same or similar question on multiple occasions and I conclude that the essence of his response is the same, as it should be, although the particular verbiage is different. He has a deep understanding of issue so his responses are going to come out the same with different words because the words are not memorized. This debate showed definitively that Rubio’s points are delivered rote. I had seen this in earlier debates but never appearing so robotic. It certainly caused some lessoning of my favorability of Rubio.
Yes, tomorrow in GLoP and the Superfeed.