Thread: Cruz easily won the New Hampshire GOP debate

Cruz easily won the New Hampshire GOP debate

February 7, 2016

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) participates in the Republican presidential debate at St. Anselm College February 6, 2016 in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Sen. Ted Cruz won the New Hampshire GOP debate. Cruz managed to stay above the hand to hand combat between the desperate governors and Sen Marco Rubio and Donald Trump. He gave eight great answers to the ABC News moderators some of whom spent the night fishing for sound bites that could be used to help the Democrats' eventual nominee.

Gov. Chris Christie went after Sen. Marco Rubio early and seemed to rattle him. Unfortunately Christie came across as a nasty bully and damaged himself. Still the exchange resulted in one of the most memorable moments of the debate with Rubio subsequently repeating many times that Obama knows exactly what he is doing. The repetition was counterproductive to say the least. Trump blasted Rubio saying Obama is incompetent and doesn't have a clue know what he is doing. The Christie and Trump attack on Rubio effectively blew up one of Rubio's main talking points. Rubio seemed a bit off his game the rest of the debate.

Eminent Domain

In another memorable moment, former governor Jeb Bush nailed Trump with the Donald's abuse of eminent domain. It was the most effective Jeb has been in any of the debates. Because of that moment Trump should expect to see a lot more of this ad. Worse for Trump the audience booed him during this exchange.

Kasich was there and droned on at times without saying anything memorable. He didn't do any damage to himself or any other candidate, but he didn't help himself either.

The Carson Quitting Rumor

David Muir brought up the issue that Carson and Trump keep bringing up about the false rumor circulated during the Iowa caucuses that Carson might be withdrawing from the race. Muir asked Dr. Ben Carson what kind of action he thought Cruz should take. After evoking Ronald Reagan's 11th Commandment not to speak ill of another Republican, Carson said "I'm not going to use this opportunity to savage the reputation of Senator Cruz." Then Carson belittled himself and did his best to savage Cruz' reputation.


In his response Cruz apologized to Carson again:

Ben is a good and honorable man and Ben and Candy have become friends. He has an amazing life story that has inspired millions, including me. When this transpired, I apologized to him then and I do so now. Ben, I'm sorry.

Cruz went on and more than adequately explained the details of what happened. Carson, Trump and the mainstream media have hurt and discredited themselves by their effort to keep this sore loser issue alive in hopes of damaging Cruz.

Voters Are Choosing a Commander in Chief

Muir asked Cruz about his comment that "Trump's behavior this week, that's not the temperament of a leader to keep this country safe." Cruz deflected the question saying it's up to the voters here in New Hampshire and across the country to make such an assessment:

They are looking to our experience. They are looking to our knowledge. They are looking to our temperament and judgment. They are looking to our clarity of vision and our strength of resolve.

[. . .]

I am convinced every individual standing on this stage, would make a much better commander-in-chief than Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders.

You can watch Cruz' answer in this video.

Keep America Safe

Martha Raddatz asked Cruz what he would do as Commander in Chief in response to the North Korean launch of a missile that could someday carry a nuclear weapon capable of reaching the United States. In his response, Cruz pointed out that the launch, and the fact that North Korea has a nuclear weapon is the direct result of the failures of the first Clinton administration:

Continue reading at link

http://www.examiner.com/article/cruz...ire-gop-debate

Due to the link of the article, I cut it off. Please follow the link to read all of Cruz's responses, especially his response on illegal immigration.

Wow! Maybe I was watching another debate. When given the opportunity to stand up to Trump in the beginning and say whatever he needed to say, seemed to me he backed down. Got quiet after that, didn't lose ground, but certainly I think it would be a stretch to say he won. I like Cruz, but if he is not going to stand up to Trump, will he stand up to other foreign leaders when it counts?

I like Cruz and think he didn't do himself harm, but win? No. I've looked at 19 online polls and every one has Trump winning with between 60% to 75%. The lowest was the biased Blaze which still had Trump winning but only at 45%.

Agreed. They all probably stayed in place except for Rubio (down a little). Carson and few others appear to be on their last legs.

I see cruz's is going to build a wall what a joke .& have trump guy 's do the job's
every thing trump said . it true . & now every one going to do the same thing
now you are not going to do one thing. trump is the only one say it & he will do it
good luck trump
all of the rest are talk just to get in the wh & every thing you all say it all lie

Originally Posted by joe s

Wow! Maybe I was watching another debate. When given the opportunity to stand up to Trump in the beginning and say whatever he needed to say, seemed to me he backed down. Got quiet after that, didn't lose ground, but certainly I think it would be a stretch to say he won. I like Cruz, but if he is not going to stand up to Trump, will he stand up to other foreign leaders when it counts?

Perhaps he was attempting to be civil. As for immigration, Cruz and Trump are much closer on the issue than the rest of the crowd. Maybe they've both decided that the constant attacks on each other were doing more damage than good. Rubio seemed to be the only true benefactor in their attacks against each other (IMO).