11:00: And that’s the debate! Good night everyone!
10:59: Cruz: “Who do you know?” You know me.
10:58: Rubio: When I am President, “America’s light will shine again.”
10:57: Carson reads Constitution’s preamble. “Enough said.”
10:57: Bush: I am going to fix the mess that is Washington DC and defeat Hillary Clinton.
10:56: Christie: I understand terrorism because I thought I might have lost my wife on 9/11.
10:55: Kasich: We can solve problems and “set the tune” as conservatives.
10:54: Paul: I am a fiscal conservative.
10:50: Carson: 2/3rds of Americans live “bicoastally.”
10:49: Carson on ethanol: I’m very against the government being in our lives.
10:48: “I will tear down the EPA’s blend wall.” -Cruz
10:47: Cruz: We should look into producing more ethanol.
10:46: Bush: Words matter. We can’t make blanket statements that demonize entire religions.
10:46: Bush: I’m missing Donald Trump.
10:43: Paul goes after Bill Clinton’s sexual proclivities.
10:39: Commercial break.
10:39: Christie: Clinton does not take responsibility for things she’s done wrong.
10:38: Kasich: The future is more important than money.
10:37: Kasich: We need to have a coalition to slap sanctions on Iran if they betray the nuclear deal.
10:35: Iran wants to lead all Muslims on the face of the planet. -Rubio
10:34: Carson: We need to fight Russia economically.
10:33: Rand Paul: Abortion should be a state issue if Roe v. Wade was reviewed.
10:31: Rand Paul: Abortion is always wrong.
10:30: Rubio: US is the most generous nation on earth.
10:27: Christie: if gay people come in to get a marriage licence, they should get it.
10:26: Kasich: The Republican plan is economic growth.
10:21: The days of the Clintons in public housing is over. -Christie
10:20: Christie: I helped job growth in NJ, “the best in 50 years.”
10:19: “Bernie Sanders is a great candidate for President… in Sweden.” -Rubio
10:18: There is only one savior: Jesus Christ. -Rubio
10:17: Rubio: I can’t wait to run against Hillary Clinton.
10:16: “Hillary Clinton should not be President of the United States.” -Bush
10:15: Cruz: “I am not the candidate of career politicians in Washington.”
10:14: Trump talks about his family; and his rally is over!
10:13: Bush: “We should be a welcoming nation.”
10:13: Carson: “There are people out there who want to destroy us.”
10:12: Trump: “We’re going to win at every single level.”
10:11: Christie: Let’s be honest, Cruz and Rubio are both flip-floppers.
10:10: Cruz and Rubio getting into it, arguing which one is the biggest hypocrite.
10:09:
10:09: Cruz: Ask Jeff Sessions, he’s got my back.
10:07: Donald Trump calls up “Diamond and Silk.”
10:07: “We can solve immigration.” -Cruz
10:06: Trump returns to the stage.
10:05: Fox showing videos of Cruz fighting in favor of Gang of Eight bill.
10:04: Rubio: We must come to a consensus to end the immigration crisis.
10:03: Bush: Rubio “cut and ran.”
10:02: Bush: buy my book! It’s cheap, “I promise you.”
10:01: Bush: Rubio didn’t support amnesty? He supported the Gang of Eight bill.
10:00: Fox plays videos of Rubio saying he’d never support amnesty.
9:58: Vet: “You are worth fighting for.”
9:56: Vet: saying thank you has tremendous value to veterans.
9:55: Rubio: I have never been in favor of Cap and Trade.
9:54: People in the government should be servants. -Kasich
9:53: Vet at Trump rally: How can you be an ISIS member when you know the US can destroy you?
9:52: Bush: We shouldn’t bail out Puerto Rico. “If I was Puerto Rican, I would vote for statehood.”
9:51: Cruz: We need to allow people to buy health insurance across state lines.
9:50: ObamaCare is a disaster and job killer. -Cruz
9:49: Christie: Let’s get rid of Planned Parenthood funding.
9:47:
9:44: Paul: We should look into body cameras for all police and take another look at the War on Drugs.
9:43: Trump: I’m leading in every national poll.
9:42: Bush: We need to fix the VA. Only three people have been fired even though vets died.
9:42:
9:41: Kasich: To defeat ISIS, we need to build a coalition, like the one at the start of the First Gulf War.
9:40: Kasich: The government needs to be empowered to decrypt messaging.
9:39: Huckabee: Americans must be thankful for our veterans.
9:38: Carson: We must stop political correctness from dictating our policies.
9:38: Santorum: We must treat our vets better.
9:37: Christie: We should not profile Muslims.
9:36:
9:35: Trump introduces Huckabee and Santorum.
9:34: Paul: It’s a huge mistake to close down mosques.
9:34: Rubio: “Radical Islam is not hate talk, it’s hate action.”
9:33: Trump: I bet Jeb Bush is asking for me at the debate. “He’s low energy.”
9:32: Rand: We must get Syria right.
9:31: Rubio: I will not leave, no matter what you ask me.
9:30: Cruz, mocking Trump: You guys are mean and I might just leave.
9:30: Trump: I was offered 10 or 20 million dollars.
9:28: It’s only popular now to talk about terrorism since the Paris attacks. I was talking about it before that. -Bush
9:28: Cruz tries to talk over moderator.
9:26: Christie: what America needs to be afraid of is Hillary Clinton being President. “She is not qualified to be President of the United States.”
9:24: Trump briefly interrupted. The crowd takes exception:
9:23: Commercial during debate. Donald Trump listing people who have donated money, including himself.
9:22: Trump at his rally:
9:21: Obama terrible for military. -Cruz
9:20: Rubio: The only budget that Cruz ever voted for cut the defense budget.
9:20: “This is like the Academy Awards. This is like the Academy Awards.” -Trump
9:19: Cruz: We must utterly destroy ISIS.
9:19: Trump: “I didn’t want to be here, to be honest.”
9:18: Trump has arrived.
9:18: We need people who can solve problems. -Carson
9:17: Carson: I do not have a political title.
9:16: Trump’s children arrive at WW rally.
9:15: Kasich: There are three lanes: the establishment lane, anti-establishment lane, and the Kasich lane.
9:14: Trading liberty for security is not worth it.
9:14: Rubio: I respect Rand, he says what he believes.
9:13: Cruz: You’ve got to get conservatives.
9:12: Rand Paul: Ted “didn’t show up” at the audit the fed vote.
9:11: Live video of Trump rally right here on iOTW Report:
9:10: Christie: “The government doesn’t work” for the average person.
9:09: Bush: We need someone to take on Hillary Clinton who has a proven record.
9:08: Jeb Bush: “I trust Iowans” and “I miss Donald Trump.”
9:08: Rubio: Barack Obama must not be on the Supreme Court.
9:07: Next question to Rubio. Rubio starts by attacking Obama, saying he wants to “change America.”
9:05: Cruz: I’ve never insulted Donald Trump.
9:04: Cruz starts by insulting the rest of the candidates, saying he wanted to get the “Trump portion” out of the way. He then thanked everyone for attending.
9:03: Cruz gets the first question, and it’s about Trump not attending.
9:02: Candidates being introduced.
9:01: The scene at the Trump rally at the moment:
9:00: The debate is about to start (on time!).
I’ll be trying to cover the debate and Wounded Warrior fundraiser event live with updates. If I miss something, comment! If Donald Trump said something awesome, comment! If Jeb Bush is talking, switch the channel to Trump, and then comment!
I believe you can live-stream the Trump rally here.
I’ll just inventory ammo tonight, thank you.
On to my second tumbler of scotch already. It keeps me from throwing raw bacon at the TV when Obama or Hillary’s name come up.
THIS JUST IN.
TRUMP WINS DEBATE WITHOUT PARTICIPATING, POLL NUMBERS UP.
So if one of the candidates mentions Trump, is there a moment of silence for him to respond or do they check his twitter feed to see if he’s photoshopped Ted Cruz’s head on a moose ?
Trump Huckabee and Santorum>How Sweet!
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/01/28/mike-huckabee-to-attend-donald-trump-event-during-fox-news-debate/
Also on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PMynb62GRk
Single malt I hope
Great opening question by Megyn and Cruz failed with his answer. Sorry.
He shouldn’t have opened the door on Trump. He did and he paid the price.
C-SPAN is carrying the Trump event, too. Commercial free and you don’t have to give eyeballs to CNN or MSNBC, either!
Sorry, that question nailed Cruz as a think-skinned flip flopper when he became the target. Trump was great when Trump never said a thing about him. Remember, he fired the first shot when they leaked the secret meeting where he pounded Trump in private.
His answer was a non-answer and sounded suspiciously like his greasy/slippery answers on amnesty.
CNN is using this, so far, to run clips of Hitlary & Comrade Bernie
9:05: Cruz: I’ve never insulted Donald Trump.
oops…..
Cruz knocked it out of the park and shut Megyn Kelly down. You won’t hear the name Trump again tonight.
He insulted him in his opening remarks!!!
Oh, well, Trump won a showdown on the topic and he’s not there.
Ted Cruz is a Statesman and a gentleman, he always stays above the trash talk.
Knocked what out of the park?
Cruz didn’t answer why he was fine with Trump, calling him important to the race, etc, until Trump responded to his leak of the secret meeting where he slams Trump behind his back.
Remind me of what Cruz’s answer was to that point. Where was ball knocked out of the park?
Same talking point from Rubio.
Proven Record?
Has to be
IRON BUTTERFLY – IN A GADDA DA VIDA
DonaldTrumpforVets.com
Sure he does. Here he is saying he pats Trump on the head disingenuously in a leaked audio tape.
Passive aggressive.
I hate that.
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/audio/politics/20151210cruz/Cruz1209.mp3
Trump just said he gave $1 million to Vets
..already raised $5 million
Ted Cruz offered 1.5 million for Vets if Trump would debate him one on one. No reply from Trump so what’s up with that? Trump is afraid to debate Ted Cruz because Trump doesn’t have any coherent policies!
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/01/27/ted-cruz-super-pacs-offer-1-5-million-for-veterans-if-donald-trump-will-debate-him-one-on-one-in-iowa/
Sorry, guys, but if you haven’t been watching Trump’s thing, you should. It’s a lot of fun!
C’mon. Look I like Cruz more than Trump but he didn’t knock it out of the park. He totally dodged because he couldn’t answer it. Let’s not be so in the tank for any candidatr that we become blind to it.
While the candidates at the debate talk.. Trump is doing more for Vets tonight than any of them ever did.
He’s just announcing all the checks that are rolling in at his request.
I’m just listening to the debate. I don’t think Cruz is having a very good night- but it’s still early I guess.
Why should Trump debate for a million and a half when he just got one donation for a million. He’s probably working on ten as I type this. Besides, it wasn’t about debating or not debating Cruz or anyone else. It was about Fox and their childish attempt at a take down. So cut it out. Have some fun!
Have you heard Trumps name again? Maybe once huh, Cruz got rid of the Rino in the room right off the bat!
Childish is taking your ball and going home.
forget watching on CNN …. they’re more interested in their blovations & commercials, same w/ PMSNBC, then what Trump has to say …. thought they would use this for a ratings gain, other then pushing their agenda ….. but, they’re too stupid even for that.
go online
Wow!…. another loan from his wife’s bank …..coooooool
Wallace flips out on Cruz for not keeping time limit. Cruz feeling the heat. Trump is freeform and having a great time at rally.
Or CSPAN — no commercials and no buffering, either.
We have had a FUNDRAISER for 7 years, we need a PRESIDENT!
I can’t help but observe that Trump has “negotiated” and reached across “the aisle” and got Huckabee and Santorum to show up at his event and there is a winner – Veterans.
Is this the “negotiation” that everyone is afraid of with Trump?
I guess this is a Trump site. Have fun kiddies!
He didn’t take his ball and go home.
He’s having a high energy pro-USA barnburner where veterans are winning.
The debate is an exercise in futility.
Bla bla bla… nothing but a retread of what we did last month with the same moderators.
Now he’s calling to the stage a medal of honor recipient to talk. I’m looking around for a tissue.
It’s not a Trump site. It’s a Cruz /Trump site.
But Cruz is the loser tonight. Sorry.
While Trump is getting things done tonight, the debaters are spinning their wheels, and they didn’t even get to FOX’s special guests, the Muslim and the illegal alien.
And I do notice you never answered my question, kiddy.
Wrong. Again.
Cruz is falling flat and Chris Wallace is speaking over the candidates.
Fuck Chris Wallace.
Childish is taking your ball and going home.
😉
I am not liking Wallace or Kelly tonight. I think they think we are here to listen to them rather than the candidates.
Aggie for the win. This is why we have the best commenters in the entire blogosphere.
That’d be taking your ball and running away….right?…
Wow! Listening to Sgt. John Walding, Green Beret Army Special Forces telling his story and being an incredible spokesperson for his fellow vets and informing the public about what it means to be disabled. What an amazing man.
“Never underestimate the magnitude of two words, ‘Thank you.’ Ask anyone (military) from Vietnam (war) what it feels like to get spit on…”
I hope someone writes his testimony up for broader dissemination.
Someone posted (Czar?) the website for donations, above. Give if you can. This is such an important issue – taking care of our vets. God bless Trump for making a forum for this. So glad things turned out this way.
3 minutes late…BEAUTIFUL Aggie!….
I have to say this debate is dull dull dull. They are going after Rubio’s Gang of 8 bill. Rubio talks to fast.
Now they are arguing about different shades of amnesty.
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/rubio-in-iowa-no-other-candidate-is-as-conservative-as-me/2262845
scRubio colored the hair and declares himself the rightest of the right.
AND when Rubio wraps up a point he 9 out of 10 times ends it with ” when I am President….”
Subliminal messaging?!?
See http://www.22kill.com — organization of vets devoted to ending the terrible incidence of veterans who commit suicide (an average of 22) every day. A band of brothers just gave Trump his own 22kill honor ring.
Oh! Diamond and Silk up next!
Video of clips of Cruz flip flops? I guess it’s “get Cruz” night.
She likes to hear her voice and flaunt her power….the same thing she bitches about Trump doing….Chris Wallace?, your dad is still dead…
Cruz: “Bend over, Iowa, and let me kiss your big flat corn covered ass!”
Trump “Bend over, veterans, and let me kiss your baby-killing asses and pretend I am patriotic!”
Cruz is getting murdered tonight.
Cruz is extremely slippery and greasy on amnesty. I always felt that.
Cruz was an “eh” number one jerk
via Frank Luntz .@MegynKelly asked the toughest question of the debate about immigration… And @MarcoRubio survived!
Hit 80 with my #GOPDebate focus group.
Uh oh.
Rubio/Bush?
Cruz is having a very bad night.
The two ladies for Trump are on. Princess and whoever? They are a howl. I’m going to switch to “Banleliero” with Jimmy Stewart as a hangman. I’ll check Aureliou later.
Trump just bumped up the entertainment factor with the Stump for Trump Girls. Hecklers are trying to disrupt and Trump is brushing it off.
Friggin Rubio is outperforming Cruz.
This is not going well.
Even Jeb is beating Cruz.
Cruz has a weird sheepish look on his face like he’s been caught beating off into a gym sock.
I think Wallace and Kelly think they are the reason folks were watching. I tire of them.
This is a Dallas motorcade with Cruz in the Kennedy seat.
They are out to get him.
That might be the best piece of political analysis that I have ever read in my life.
What poll has Jeb beating Hillary?
The poll he’s taken at his dinner table?
that was figured out by a candidate (whom I won’t name, so not as to offend certain ladyboys sensibilities) a few debates ago
Dulce can mean ‘sweet’, ‘sweetly’, ‘candy’….so….her name is Candy Candy, or Sweet Candy….c’mon….what in the living name of Bob’ Big Boy is she doing on a debate asking a question?….I forgot about Candy Crawley….
LOL!
Right on script, Rubio is doing well, Cruz is tanking.
What the hell am I watching??
What about Hillary’s scandals?
Jeebus, even Christie is outperforming Cruz.
If this was to be Cruz’s night because Trump wasn’t there, it didn’t happen.
That’s just my take.
We’ll see the polls later tonight.
That’s the way I hear it. Cruz is flat.
Ugh. The gloating on Medved’s Show tomorrow will be unbearable.
Yes. You have figured it out BigFur. I will say no more.
sadly, Cruz is exposed as nothing other than a counter-foil to Trump
the Establishment RINO’s are smelling blood, now that Trump is not center-stage; Cruz is the antelope in the lion’s sights
I’m so sorry you guys are missing the after-show on CSPAN. You won’t believe the calls coming in on all lines (D, R, Iowa Voters).
I’m not kidding 100% Trump. 100% All ages, both sexes, all over the country. Unvarnished enthusiasm. Asking if it mattered if Trump skipped the debate — not at all. “Glad he did it.” etc. etc.
Rubio is running away with this debate. He’s not backing down from the basics of conservative ideals.
Diamond and Silk. Good sized following, and we need them. They are pretty cool ladies.
It seems that a big portion of this debate is covering ground that has been covered in prior debates, and the FOX moderators are too intent on playing “gotcha” with the candidates. Perhaps all of the candidates should have skipped this debate, and Meghan, Chris and Brett can duke it out with each other.
Does Cruz even want to win???
Megyn Fonda would win. She’d call down Azuzul and Satan himself to smite those 2 for the win.
what’s the over/under on Kasich karate chops?
YouTube questions are so staged with a cast of Rainbow Coalition 2016. Very annoying DemoRat/RINO format.
I’m beginning to wonder if the audience was hand picked to boo against Cruz.
Bill O’Reilly: Mr. Trump What is your weakest trait?
Mr. Trump. My weakest trait, I believe, is my honesty.
B.O’Reilly: I don’t think honesty is a weak trait.
Mr. Trump: I don’t give a fuck what you think!
Cruz was so bad, Mark Levin was seen at Trumps Vets rally.
Sorry wrong debate. But Bob Beckel does not look well on CNN.
@Charlie ~ LMFAO!!!
When does Cruz NOT look like he just shot a load in a sweat-sock?
Cruz is a greasy dude. Look at photos. You’ll notice that even his wife, Heidi Goldman Sachs, only gives him air kisses because he’s covered in Cruzz.
he always reminds me of a pasty Jabba the Hut.
BTW, Beckel wouldnt look well on fox or PBS either.
Cruzz woulda faired better showing up at Trump’s Veteran Bash tonight.
I predict Huckabee and Santorum shooting to #2 and #3 in the national polls by Monday.
And Heidi Goldman Sachs Cruz filing divorce papers on Tuesday.
Watched the whole thing.
The only thing that worries me is that Trump slipped off the promise ring they gave him.
He could always blame Zeka Virus.
Before we settled on CSPAN, we checked who was covering Trump’s Vet event on the other 2 stations. Our choices were that woman who is a lesbian and those guys on CNN. So glad cspan covered it.
Cruz is a lawyer
I am sincerely sorry Cruz didn’t have a good showing tonight. I take no pleasure in my prediction that Fox would make him look bad, too. He is considered a rogue outsider to the establishment GOP/media class. He should have walked out on them in solidarity against their treatment of Trump, but he chose instead to take a short-term political advantage of the situation.
There was a good article over at Breitbart today about the problem of this myopic political move.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2016/01/28/beware-hypocritical-conservatives-defending-the-sins-of-fox-news-over-trump/
“Although what Fox News is guilty of is objectively indefensible, some on the Right are simply using Trump’s withdrawal from the debate to their own political advantage. To hell with principle, anything that hurts Trump is okay with them.”
Cruz would have been wise to take a longer view, but it may be too late to course correct. Too many people have seen the political hay — and now it’s going through the beast.
Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
@Chief — Too big, maybe? didn’t see that. And yes, I occasionally read Scott Adams’ blog. Funny guy, great insight.
My observation: Trump is a genius. He avoided the Fox rat-f#cking and Cruz got beat up. The Rubio anointing is just going to help Trump.
Cruz, Rubio and the rest split the vote. Trump wins.
ROTFLMAO
Tomorrow is the big day. Open line Friday. Looking forward to Rush and Mark.
BTW. Are there any demorats running for office this year?
Will they have a debate on Superbowl Sunday? Or will they have a chat with Chris Cuomo again? One one one.
I predict a landslide victory for a Republican, I just hope it’s Trump or Cruz.
hahaha! Open Line Friday!!
Afraid Rush will try to obfuscate, then again he might finally bow down to the guy who did the Vet thing.
I streamed the Vet-Trump fundraiser in the kitchen and DH had C-Span on in the living room. It was awesome. At one point, I couldn’t get to make a donation. Wonder if the system was overwhelmed. I finally was able to make the donation about a half hour after the event was finished.
my post about the busy donation site went in the wrong place – dunno why, but sorry for that
Why do you think she rolled out the new hair tonight? She is an attention whore
If nothing else, the way Mr Trump slaps the media around…. It’s glorious!
Chris “Are You a Flake?” Wallace. Professional Wet Blanket. Despise him.