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Home Front: Politix
GOP debate contenders give Democrats reason to worry
2015-08-09
[WASHINGTONPOST] Donald Trump may top the polls in the contest for the Republican presidential nomination, but this week's debate was a reminder that the party has able rivals who eventually could take him down -- and who also could mount a stiff challenge to Hillary Rodham Clinton
... sometimes described as The Liberatress of Libya and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another Charles Evans Hughes ...
 in the general election.

Trump performed in typical style Thursday in the two-hour debate -- the same style that has helped him blow past the other candidates. But as the campaigns broke camp here Friday morning, the smiles on the faces of other candidates' advisers told the fuller story of what happened on the stage at the Quicken Loans Arena.
Posted by:Fred

#3  Walker/Bush

Wisconsin and Florida
Posted by: Shipman   2015-08-09 16:03  

#2  One is Rubio, who declared forcefully early in the debate that he would present the starkest future-vs.-past contrast to Clinton. Another is Kasich, this year's version of the compassionate conservative.

Gotta love how the Post tries to pick the Reps candidates for them.

Bush, who was less forceful on the stage than some of the others, lacks the freshness of Kasich or Rubio or Walker. But his more moderate views on immigration, his desire to expand the GOP coalition and his experience give Democrats pause.

"Don't throw us in that briar Bush, Republicans!"

Walker makes the case for himself as a fresh face, a Washington outsider and a results-oriented politician. He has been a divisive

Translation: "effective".

If he can be trusted on scamnesty--a big if--then Walker is my top choice.
Posted by: charger   2015-08-09 12:23  

#1  Yep, keep focused on the Beltway. Let the little people take over 3/4 of the state governments, then watch the excitement when they read the small print in the contract.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-08-09 09:24  

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