The setting for the second GOP debate is Ronald Reagan's presidential library in Simi Valley,California. Many of the Republican hopefuls have made recent trips to the library for its “A Time for Choosing” speaking series, named for Reagan'spivotal 1964 speechon behalf of GOP presi...
How Many Half-Truths Flowed from the Main GOP Debate?Kessler, Glenn
Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton gave her response to Tuesday Night’s GOP date before it even began. Her campaign said almost nothing during the debate, but ina speech on ISIS and foreign policy in Minnesotajust hours before the candidates took the stage in Las Vegas, Clinton...
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The first GOP primary debate in 2015 on Fox News drew 24 million viewers, more than double the previous record for a presidential primary debate at the time. That meeting was Trump's first appearance on a debate stage. Trump skipped Wednesday's debate to instead appear in apre-recorded inte...
Over the past few days, Trump has appeared in the news to talk about his performance in the GOP debate, his first ever—and in wanting to prove he didn't take a cheap shot at Kelly during the debate, made another cheap shot at Kelly in the news. The presidential candidate has ...
Thefirst GOP debate is the new Ames Straw Poll … Huckabee doesn’t back down from controversial comment … Who’s in (and who’s out) for that first GOP debate, according to the most recent polling … GOP ad spending before the debate: almost $8 million … Highlights from Jeb Bush’...
Smith: It will also be critical for them to use the GOP field’s words against them. We can expect some extreme comments tonight — the Biden campaign should make everyone on the stage (plus Trump) own them. Trippi: The more they go after ‘woke’ stuff and try to outmaneuver each ...
The Republican front-runner's threat to boycott CNBC's debate set off an intense 48 hours of deal-making.
Donald Trump gave American voters an opportunity by boycottingThursday night's Republican...Feldmann, Linda