Quote:   In an earlier post in this thread,  you did a good job of illustrating that specific questions were asked to the candidates regarding their history.   With highlighting the question asked of Dr. Ben Carson.    Republican Candidates need to be prepared for what the media,  the Democrat Party,  and their other allies will throw at them.    The only candidate who didn't seem to grasp this is Donald Trump.    The immaturity that Trump displayed during the debate and since the debate by itself is alarming.    Let alone the way he's flip flopped so many positions in recent years.   

 

 

   The disappointing part of the debate for me as a Ted Cruz supporter is there was around a 40 minute period that Cruz wasn't asked any questions.   Cruz handled the situation extremely well,  which what I expected.    For now,  I'm going to give the moderators the benefit of the doubt regarding Cruz's airtime.    There were 10 candidates in the debate and it's a difficult task to balance out the time factor for each candidate.   Having said this,  if a similar thing happens with Cruz in a future FOX debate,  then I'm going to come down on FOX hard.   

 

 

   One related thought.   I only wish that Ted Cruz got the amount of airtime that Donald Trump did.    Even with limited air time,  Cruz went all the way up to 2nd place in the NBC poll that came out the other day.    With much more airtime,  I believe Cruz would have been in the high teens in that poll instead of at 13 %.   

 

   As for Megyn Kelly,   I respect her more than most on FOX and certainly more than most in the media in general.  

 

As a US Senator Ted Cruz gets plenty of air time - and all of it free. And he'll get more in future, when he once again threatens to close down the government (over Planned parenthood or whatever seems useful at the moment.)

 

And I wouldn't really worry about poll numbers this early. They mean virtually nothing. As the media has made clear numerous times, past high poll numbers this early and the eventual nominee are just coincidental.

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