Kathianne
03-11-2016, 06:44 AM
While the moderators took a couple hits, the other candidates basically subjugated themselves to Trump. The following pretty much lays it out. Many of these are issues that 'Americans' should be focusing on, but it seems they'd rather just be angry:
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/republican-debate-2016-ledeall-220594
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'I cannot believe how civil it’s been up here,' Trump said as his adversaries ditch the personal insults on the debate stage.
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Updated <time datetime="2016-03-10T11:15-0500" style="box-sizing: border-box;">03/10/16 11:15 PM EST</time>
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MIAMI — Donald Trump is on the verge of running away with the Republican nomination and yet none of his rivals, despite their desperation to stop him, are punching up.
On Thursday night as the four remaining candidates took the debate stage here at the University of Miami, Trump opened with a call for the Republican Party to “embrace” his candidacy and the new voters he’s bringing into the fold.
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And that’s essentially what his rivals did.
When Trump answered a question on free trade by asserting — in one sentence — that he uses H-1B visas to hire foreign workers for his vast business empire and that such visas are “frankly, very, very bad for workers,” not one of his three remaining opponents hit him for it.
Moments later, Marco Rubio, whose support cratered in the last two weeks after he ratcheted up his attacks and puerile insults toward Trump, drew a more measured, substantive contrast with the front-runner on the issue of reforming entitlement programs, a matter of critical importance in Florida.
After Trump argued that Medicare shouldn’t be cut but propped up with money that can be saved from reducing overseas military expenditures and assistance, Rubio said only that his “numbers don’t add up.” (In spite of the fact that Trump basically said that he'd shrink the military by making other countries 'pull their weight' then said he'd increase defense spending.' Which is why the numbers 'don't add up'-even when not specific numbers.)
Ted Cruz, when asked specifically what about Trump’s vision for the country is wrong, responded that the businessman “is right about the problems, but his solutions don’t work.”
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http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/republican-debate-2016-ledeall-220594
<header style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Trump's rivals pull their punches
'I cannot believe how civil it’s been up here,' Trump said as his adversaries ditch the personal insults on the debate stage.
</header><footer class="meta" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">By Eli Stokols (http://www.politico.com/staff/eli-stokols) and Shane Goldmacher (http://www.politico.com/staff/shane-goldmacher)
<time datetime="2016-03-10T06:38-0500" style="box-sizing: border-box;">03/10/16 06:38 PM EST</time>
Updated <time datetime="2016-03-10T11:15-0500" style="box-sizing: border-box;">03/10/16 11:15 PM EST</time>
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MIAMI — Donald Trump is on the verge of running away with the Republican nomination and yet none of his rivals, despite their desperation to stop him, are punching up.
On Thursday night as the four remaining candidates took the debate stage here at the University of Miami, Trump opened with a call for the Republican Party to “embrace” his candidacy and the new voters he’s bringing into the fold.
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And that’s essentially what his rivals did.
When Trump answered a question on free trade by asserting — in one sentence — that he uses H-1B visas to hire foreign workers for his vast business empire and that such visas are “frankly, very, very bad for workers,” not one of his three remaining opponents hit him for it.
Moments later, Marco Rubio, whose support cratered in the last two weeks after he ratcheted up his attacks and puerile insults toward Trump, drew a more measured, substantive contrast with the front-runner on the issue of reforming entitlement programs, a matter of critical importance in Florida.
After Trump argued that Medicare shouldn’t be cut but propped up with money that can be saved from reducing overseas military expenditures and assistance, Rubio said only that his “numbers don’t add up.” (In spite of the fact that Trump basically said that he'd shrink the military by making other countries 'pull their weight' then said he'd increase defense spending.' Which is why the numbers 'don't add up'-even when not specific numbers.)
Ted Cruz, when asked specifically what about Trump’s vision for the country is wrong, responded that the businessman “is right about the problems, but his solutions don’t work.”
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