GOP hopefuls take the stage for the early debate

He also stressed that a Republican win of the presidency was essential for conservatives.

Hugh Hewitt joined the discussion by asking George Pataki about…Donald Trump. The favorite wrecking ball is expected to be Donald Trump, and he proved to be the target of many comments in the so-called undercard debate. Rick Santorum and former New York Gov. George Pataki. That led Pataki to complain about all the opening questions being about the billionaire businessman and reality TV star. Rick Santorum – squared off at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in a mini-debate this evening, just before the main showdown. In Davis’s case, 63% said she should be required to issue marriage licenses despite religious objections. “How many clerks are we going to put in jail?” “Who won with Hispanics, compared to what we’re doing”. “Then you don’t have the rule of law”, Pataki said.

“I’m not anxious about [Kim Davis] attacking me, I’m anxious about radical Islamic extremists”, he said.

Bobby Jindal, who, like all the governors in the GOP primary, is running as an “outsider”, went after South Carolina Sen. The group also sparred over immigration, with Santorum and Jindal taking the most hard-line positions against illegal immigrants, and Pataki and Graham offering what they said was a more practical approach, including a path to legal status for the 11 million people here without proper documentation. “Republicans are losing elections because we’re not talking about them”, Santorum said. Carson made his “A president should have a brain” pitch to America and Trump, well, he called someone a bimbo. The real estate mogul gave a speech about national security on the USS Iowa in Los Angels Harbor Tuesday night.

Santorum promptly disagreed, saying attacks on Trump were a distraction. We’re gonna hit ’em in the head.’ That’s not a foreign policy.

The poll found 74% of adults across the USA believe that when a conflict arises, treating everyone equally under the law is more important than an individual’s religious beliefs.

Considered one of the funniest men in Washington, he injected wit into the debate, telling his rivals that former South Carolina senator Strom Thurmond had four children after age 67. Santorum shoots back: “I have seven kids – I did my part”.

Jindal also argued that Republicans could learn a lesson from their Democratic adversaries.

“If we can’t win on that issue…it is time to get rid of the Republican Party, start over with a new one that’s at least conservative“, he said.

Graham is one of the lowest-polling Republicans in the presidential race.

“I could tone it down a little bit when pressed”, he told the Christian Broadcasting Network.