Neil Cavuto (right) of Fox Business Network managed the stage along with fellow anchor Maria Bartiromo (left)
The Fox Business Network Republican presidential candidates debate took place in North Charleston, South Carolina on Thursday January 14,2016
WINNERS AND LOSERS TONIGHT: THE RANKINGS
1. Ted Cruz
was prepped and ready for the 'birther' back-and-forth with Trump. He
looked strong on terror and continued his skillful evisceration of the
mainstream media while scoring points with his epic debating skills.
2. Chris Christie
had memorable one-liners, shushing Marco Rubio and calling the State of
the Union 'story time with Barack Obama.' He also offered the night's
most forceful condemnation of President Barack Obama
3. Donald Trump didn't
lose any ground and won't suffer in the polls. He used Ted Cruz's
comments about 'New York values' to his advantage by evoking 9/11
memories and his unscripted closing statement was memorable.
4. Rand Paul gained
by not showing up and turning his exclusion from the main stage into a
pity party. No one scored a point against him because he didn't have to
show up and defend himself, but he was a presence anyway.
5. Marco Rubio smacked
around the Democrats and accused Christie of being in bed with them. He
also tried to look tough on immigration but Cruz ultimately skewered
him on 'amnesty' and the Gang of Eight plan.
6. John Kasich was
a decided also-ran whose main claim to fame – budget battles in
Washington two decades ago – never broke through in a debate hosted by a
financial news network
7. Jeb Bush tried
to be the grown-up on Muslim immigration, but ended up a crashing bore,
and tried in vain to re-brand Trump as a reckless bully. Bush also said
terrorists in Obama's America were 'on the run' instead of 'on the
rise.'
8. Ben Carson made
decent stabs at humor but continued to look feckless on foreign policy.
He raised eyebrows, in a not-so-good way, when he leapt into a
monologue on nuclear explosions in the exoatmosphere
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