Chris Christie’s team fires back at ‘desperate’ Bobby Jindal

Rick Santorum. Billionaire Donald Trump and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson led the pack, as they have for months now. Those in favor of a territorial tax system, notably CEOs of U.S.-based multinationals, argue that the current worldwide tax system puts US firms at a competitive disadvantage since they’re forced to also pay USA taxes on repatriated profits earned by their overseas operations.

He also said he would bring back manufacturing jobs and eliminate the IRS completely.

It wasn’t quite CNBC, but all four Republicans were dismissive of a Fox Business Network moderator’s question about which Democrat in Congress they most admire.

Fox Business’ Sandra Smith and Trish Regan and Wall Street Journal Washington bureau chief Gerald Seib handled the undercard duties.

“He’s always let his debate performance speak for himself”.

Two undercard mainstays, Lindsey Graham and George Pataki, missed the polling cut for this round, since they failed to get 1% in recent polls. Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina was able to use her position in the first undercard debate to catapult herself into the top-tier of candidates, and a few hoped Christie might be able to bounce back.

But Christie had the smartest strategy by not engaging with three rivals who combined barely break into the low two digits. The answer, he says, isn’t more government. “Let’s get our economy growing again, stabilize the dollar, and we’ll be in a much better position to help people around the world”. “So I think that’s the most important question in this primary: who do you think is the best person to stand on that stage and prosecute the case against Hillary Clinton and her liberal, near socialist vision for Americas future?”

“I want to talk about what’s going to happen to this country if we have another four years of Barack Obama’s policies”, Christie said during the debate. “Hillary Clinton is coming for your wallet, everybody”, Christie said.

Hillary Clinton has a 2-to-1 edge over Vermont Sen.

Mr Christie said he was “one of the victims” of the hack on government employee’s personal information, widely believed to have been perpetrated by the Chinese, and he was out for retribution.

After Jindal trained his fire on Huckabee, accusing him of presiding over increases in taxes, spending and government payroll as Arkansas governor, Christie pounced – on Hillary.

Mr. Santorum pitched his proposal for more job-training programs, saying there are scores of jobs for welders and other trades that can’t be filled because too many people are pressured to go to college rather than trade schools or apprenticeships.

After the debate reached its midpoint, Santorum maintained his stance against the auto industry bailout. “Because mom will lose welfare benefits”, he said.