Last night, frontrunner Donald Trump was joined on stage by presidential rivals Sen. Marco Rubio, Gov. John Kasich, and Sen. Ted Cruz, and the civil contest in Miami marked a sharp course correction after the last GOP debate, which devolved into a series of juvenile personal insults that left some Republicans cringing.
Thursday’s debate, the 12th for Republicans this primary season, came at the most pivotal moment of the tumultuous GOP race. Trump leads his rivals in the all-important delegate count after 24 voting contests, but the presidential nomination is still far from decided.
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Rubio should quit the race. He brings nothing to the campaign.
Everyone except Donald Trump should drop out and just let the real winner be the nominee… Donald Trump all the way…
I so agree and quit wasting money…
Agree with Main Street – Rubio should drop from race.
You’re kidding, of course. Trump was the actor playing president, quite the opposite of his natural self as the insulting, vulgar, disrespectful person he has already proven himself to be.
I don’t think you’ve read the right reports or heard the right news reporter. They ALL want the highest ratings so 90% lie. You have to figure that out.
Rubio actually did very well in the debate, but it was a last-chance grab at a significant showing in his home state, where his former Tea Party supporters have abandoned him because of his Gang of 8 bill.
My objection to Rubio now is his effort to sabotage the Ohio election by encouraging all anti-Trump voters to switch to Kasich, even though they may have serious objections to Kasich’s support of obamacare and common core, among other liberal issues.
You know what they say If we the people wants to vote for the Donald it is our right. STOP TELLING PEOPLE WHO TO VOTE FOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just vote the way you want.
Rubio and Kasick would make the best team to defeat Hillary and unite the party. Trump is a phony and Cruz is too confrontational.
M
Trump has way more I fo on Hillary and he’s prepared to get America back to a strong and healthy country.He knows how to help our military and veterans get what they deserve and will strengthen our resolve worldwide. Jobs are needed and he will help us get them rolling in and make families able to put better pay in their pockets. Trump all the way.
I think the same way but it will take time
God speed trump
Rubio, Kasick, both Washington insiders, will get you the same old do nothing mess we now have. These guys could not even get enough votes to beat Trump or Cruz. Look at the big numbers Trump generated, he is the only one who can beat Hillary.
Rubio and Kasich are both honorable and patriotic citizens, and actually would be far better presidents than Trump.
As far as Cruz being “confrontational,” how else would one deal with the dishonest establishment leaders in the Republican party, or with the terrible Democrats who are hell-bent to drive our country into an unsustainable debt that our next generations can never repay?
Common sense tells us that we have to get our government spending under control, and these monstrous programs that the Democrats have passed, with the help of our elected spineless non-conservative Republicans, are going to kill our future success. Only Ted Cruz has had the courage to stand up to the government leaders and make his point of stopping the unconstitutional Obama regime’s dictatorial progress. I will also have to credit the great Utah Senator Mike Lee for standing with Cruz in his monumental 21-hour stance to stop the funding of obamacare and amnesty. Not many of our Senators had that strength to do what they promised their voters.
Why is the party allowing Rubio to continue making a ass out of him self and the party?
a party that is desperate! AND running scared for their positions, one that has long since forgotten who they work for and who they are supposed to represent! We the people are intelligent enough to know what we want and need to be successful. the GOP and the dems do NOT!
That is what Republicans do. No wonder the party is such bad shape. I am a Democrate and I am voting for Trump. He will do all he says he will do if the Congress goes along with him. It is time we take back our country. It belongs to AMERICANS not the Mexicans or the Muslims.
THIS IS THE USA LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT BUT DO NOT DESTROY IT
Same here Marcia, The Amish people are living proof that you can stand true to your faith and ways of living, without trying to force their ways on any one else. Our forefathers and generations along the way gave their lives to make this a proud and independent nation. Let us not forget them!!!!! Trump is the man that can pull this once great nation together again!!!!!
If you’re going to be “a Democrate” you ought to learn to spell it.
he’s not eligible anyway. He was born a cuban citizen. he is a RINO and a dem in disguise!
Donald Trump can do no wrong. He insults all of the other candidates, and they are wrong when they try to respond. He calls Ted Cruz (one of the few honest men in Washington, D.C.) a liar because of a campaign blunder in Iowa. He insults Rubio endlessly, and of course Rubio is wrong to respond. Mr. Trump can’t even quote a Bible verse correctly, but he still gets support from Evangelical Christians and the lapdog Mr. Fallwell. Mr. Trump has been questioned about many misstatements, but he’s never seriously challenged. So far he’s Teflon Donald. But I’m sure that the Clinton’s are just sitting back, holding their fire, waiting until after the Republican Convention. Then they’ll yell “Fire at will.”
I’m afraid you may suffocate what with your head up your ass so far the Clintons are All Liars I rember ol Bill waging his stinky finger and looking the Whole of America and saying I did not have Sex with That WOMAN who was a young woman he took advantage of Monica and So did Hillary there time is long Gone the things they Both have done to hurt AMERICA if I were you I’d keep the BS to your self its TRUMPS TIME. Make America Great Again I joined the Army when I was 16 to go to Vietnam so people like you could be Free I’m sure you Never Served. So go visit Hillary in Prison where she so Rightly Belongs so I hope you will see the light and Vote For AMERICA VOTE TRUMP
I’m not defending or supporting the Clintons. I just know that they have a dossier of negative info that they will release after the Republican Convention if Trump is the nominee. Too bad more Americans weren’t willing to consider a man like Rand Paul.
If this tread is going to alter what I’ve said please take my free speech out in total I fought for that Right I’ll not give it to You
Seems like Clinton may start choosing her words more carefully when facing Trump. She called him “sexist” and got totally shot down. Typical hypocrite.
I agree with you. I was wondering if this was a “Democrats only” site, since there is so much vitriol and misinformation here.
One thing which has bothered me is the ingratitude of that little pastor in Dallas and other “church going” folks who don’t appreciate what Ted Cruz has already done in Washington to protect their interests. What he has accomplished is overlooked . And the reason the Washington politicians don’t want him to win is because he fights against their threats against America.
The Dallas Baptist pastor, Ben Carsonand Chris Christie are a huge disappointment as they chose to support Trump. One wonders the “why” of such endorsements . What has Trump promised them? Money and power talk….even to those who espouse spiritual values.
Trump’s Battleground: The Podium
Trump’s Musket: His Mouth
Trump’s Bullets: His intelligent words and experience
He’s a patriot if ever I heard one – and. . . I like the fact that he’s “unbought”! No strings on this man . . .
MP I totally Agree with you and may I say sir you are a Patriot.
Go moderate your self Not My Thoughts While You Can Disagree With Me I Think changeling my post is Wrong if that’s what you do here I’ll not be Back I’m a Big Boy and I don’t Care if my opinion you do not care for but kick it in whole No Censorship on this or any thread I’ve said Nothing im Ashamed of. P
Rubio is too arrogant when he speaks. He thinks he knows everything. When he was asked by Chuck during his interview if he would accept a VP offer, he responded by saying: “I don’t want to be VP of someone. I want to be the president”. What an arrogant dude! Who does he think will offer him the post. I won’t! Too arrogantly ambitious. He always speaks ill against Obama without realizing that he is way nothing compared to Barack. A last name Rubio or Cruz is not palatable as yet to be president of the USA.
The people have spoken by voting for the one they want for President, DONALD TRUMP. It is time the Republican Party got behind him and gave him the support he will need to win the White House. A REPUBLICAN President will head this Country in the right direction. If we lose this election we will lose the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. With GOD’S help we will WIN. GOD BLESS AMERICA…
I beleave the Republic party CCO and other leaders in the party are afrade that Donald Trump will not allow them to not follow what the citizens want and they would rather lie to the citizens rather than do what they ask from the party members and president they elect.
How can God bless America when it has taken him out of everything, from the white house to our schools and memorials to Vets, etc. ? We need a TRUE man of God in the white House so He can Bless America once again. 🙂
Trump may not be a true Christian but Carson is, so perhaps if trump chooses him for VP I will vote for him. I will never never never in a million years or more vote for Clinton.
trump is the only one who is talking about the real problem in The US (the loss of manufacturing jobs). He is the only one with a fix of it. In 2000 there were 390000 electrical engineering jobs in the US, now there only 300000 and yet with the glut of laid-off EE’s they are trying to bring more H1B’s into the country. Wake up America at least Donald will try
Mercy, our choices for president are truly ROTTEN!!!!!!!
Democratic choice is nothing but LIES and DECEIT! Republican choice is so hot headed, I predict we will be in War within a month of him taking office. He insults every ‘race’ of people but his own. Get BRACED FOR ‘THE IMPACT’ here comes not only a major war, but we will lose China and Mexico. The middle east will explode with all of the checks and balances removed, Social security and disability will be out the window and the United States will cease to be a desired country! WHAT A MESS!!!!
If you are going to change the post I made take them Out in Total I’ll not be Censored I’m a Vetean and I will not be Muzzeled By You.
As I watched the debate I never new Cruz was so stupid he can not understand make better deals an what it means. When two people set down an communicates with each other an tell them what is or is not fair. An the the other having enough backbone to stand up to them until they get a fair deal an what the out come will be if they do not. You know China an other country’s but a very high import tax on our goods that is why you can not sell there. I sent a laptop to a island under Chinese control an the customs tax on it was a little more than half of what I payed for the laptop.
It is absolutely depressingto see how many voters are so easily swayed by the off hand remarks of Donald Trump, instead of doing the research on the candidates to see what they have accomplished, and what their motivation is. We have too many lazy, apathetic, don’t want to take the trouble to do the work, voters who would rather just believe someone who says what they want to hear without knowing what his background is, his motives are, and what unethical/illegal things he has done to get where he is. I think those voters must love Obama because they are using the same poor judgement in supporting Trump as the voters who elected Obama. Trump uses foreign labor on his projects, he manufactures clothes in China, he told the New York Times in an off-the-record interview that the Wall and the Deportation promises are just initial talking points that are negotiable, let alone the fact that for years he funded his personal friend, Hillary, and other Democrats. What does it take to wake people up?
I agree, Trump says whatever he thinks his followers want to hear. Riding a popular wave is how we got Obama. I know his followers are angry as we all should be. Our government is out of control and does not listen to the will of the people. However a angry decision is never a good decision. We all need to take a hard look at the candidates.
Thank you for your post; I agree with you 100 percent!
Here’s the deal people. Unless the RNC stops plotting to stop Trump I’m embarrassed to say I’m a republican! The people are speaking out yet the GOP has decided that we r too stupid to make decisions about the presidency. What they are doing is called manipulation! The same thing that HC did at the Ohio debate. She’s a criminal and will always be a criminal. The scary thing is we the people let it continue instead of demanding justice. She’s rich and buys her votes and her way out of trouble. She and Bernie think u cant possibly be poor if u r white. Well I grew up poor and so did my parents. I’m of Blackfoot heritage and if u want to c poor that isn’t black or Hispanic then go visit an Indian reservation! (Yes I said Indian)! The PC idiots will bring our country to its knees with its pandering and cow-towing. And they will destroy our economy with all of their “free” handouts. Here r just a few things the democrats have done for us: dismantling of our military, nonstop invasion of illegals who don’t even like us, a VA who looks the other way when our veterans die while waiting for care. There’s much more. So I tell u now that this attempt at stopping Donald Trumps campaign is not against him but is against the will of the American people!!
TRUMP IS A BLOWHARD EGOTIST WITH THE KNOW-HOW TO BE A CONMAN. MAN MAKES THE MONEY… MONEY DOES NOT MAKE THE MAN. HE IS A SHOWMAN AND SHOULD STAY IN SHOW BUSINESS.
Trump is a blowhard egotist with the know how to be a conman. man makes the money but, money does not make the man. few people were given a million dollars by daddy to get started. thats what they call “”born with a silver spoon in their mouth””
Sheldon, Are we just a little bit jealous???
Y don’t u focus ur anger where it belongs? Who cares about Trumps money by think HC and BS don’t have money u moron. Money is not the issue. Breaking the law, untrustworthyness and circumventing the will of the people are the issues. Wake up man and pay attention to what’s going on under ur nose. U don’t have to like Trump but u should stand against what is wrong regardless. Could be ur candidate next.
Why would anybody vote for anybody but Trump? Both Rubio and Cruz are either hard of hearing or they lie every time Trump says something. Trump will explain how he stand on something and five second late they will mostly Cruz will claim Trump said just the opposite of what he said. If they can’t hear or listen better than that why would I want them president of the United States. Trump has my support! Trump loves america and the democrats are anti- american.
I am sick of hearing how everyone wants to stop Donald Trump. The thing that concerns me is that if the American people want and vote for him then that is who the winner should be. The GOP is showing how crooked they really are by trying to stop him. No one wants another Clinton in the White House, they lie, cheat, steal you name it. America needs someone like Donald Trump as President. He might say it like it is, but isn’t that what all of us want and need? Our country is in a mess because of the Bush and Clinton era, no more! Cruz is slick, watch how he snickers every time they clap for him, he is so stuck on himself it’s not even funny. Rubio, is a kid, he needs to get out! Now Kasich, he is very intelligent and I think he would do well too, but I did notice on the debate that they are not giving him the same amount of time to speak as the rest. Let’s just get it over with, Donald Trump for President and Kasich for VP, that would be a good combination. We need TRUMP – ISIS, our Social Security, Veteran’s, jobs, schools all of it is a mess, and the thing that scares me the most is all of us will pay for this. Donald Trump started with some money, but now he has soooooo much and has been on all of the playing fields, but I truly believe he is running to help our country. Everyone needs to wake up and listen, vote for Trump and don’t let the GOP try to stop him. We are Americans, let’s get our country and beliefs back along with everything else this country deserves. Stand up people, fight for our country and vote TRUMP!
Wayne, Trumps stands are generic. Cruz and Rubio aren’t hard of hearing. They’re tired of Trumps hollering. Being the loudest doesn’t make you right. Ted Cruz is NOT a liar. Trump doesn’t take a firm stand on anything; he flip flops. But he’s still better than the democrats.
Donald Trump needs to control his temper, and his tongue a little, or he may loose the election. I support some of the thing’s he stands for, and for what he wants to do for our country. There are scripture’s in the bible about controlling your tongue, and self control. It might not hurt for him to listen to his wife as well. After all she is his partner in life, and the next potential first lady. Personally she is not my cup of tea, but then I don’t know her. I didn’t see the last debate so I shouldn’t vote this time.