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JV debate thoughts...
Serves me right for assuming the JV debate would end on time - I missed the end of it. Hopefully not much more than the closing statements, which are never that interesting.
Bobby Jindal: The debate was overshadowed by Jindal's constant attacks, even when the audience started to tire of the repetition. That kind of anger doesn't draw votes. I don't see him moving past this stage.
Rick Santorum: He struggled to find his mark. I think he's done this so many times that the questions don't even matter any more. He's not going to connect well in this format.
Mike Huckabee: His usual champion of the people performance. I don't think it's what the Republicans want this time around. People don't want empathy, they want answers.
Chris Christie: He kept pivoting everything to an attack on Hillary. That act wears thin, too. Of the people on this stage, he's the only one who has any kind of chance, but at a certain point, you have to ask what the message is - and it's "I'm a conservative governor of a blue state, I hate everyone in New Jersey, so I can attack Hillary better than anyone else." So we know he has no chance of continuing as New Jersey governor.
Overall, I was a little underwhelmed with this group. Probably it's best to blame Jindal for that, but Christie missed an opportunity to score some points.
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