Did Gov. Christie improve his presidential chances in the GOP debate?

Trump also expressed confidence about the future of his campaign, citing his poll numbers and saying he believes he handily won the debate.

She said Trump has “no excuse” for attacking Fox new anchor Megyn Kelly for her tough questions to him during the debate. But Mr Stone later tweeted that the Republican contender “didn’t fire me – I fired Trump”, adding that he disagreed with the “diversion” created by the comments about Ms Kelly.

With Trump showing no signs of letting up, and none of the other 16 Republicans in the race ready to concede anything after just one debate, the contest for the party nomination is an unsettled affair that’s just getting started.

There are 17 Republican candidates in the presidential run. “I felt that for the most part that was respected last evening and stayed focused on who you are, what you have done, what you think you are going to do”, Taylor said.

Christie, who was photographed with the president after superstorm Sandy hit his state in 2012, shot back: “The hugs that I remember are the hugs I gave to the families who lost their people on September 11, and those had nothing to do with politics”.

“I just don’t think it’s very professional”, Trump said on “Morning Joe” about Kelly’s question to him about previous statements he’s made about women. Fox News, the sponsor for the debate, used national polls to determine the 10 candidates who took the stage at Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena. It actually takes more time to say two words such as “fat pig” than one word, such as Ma’am or Miss or Ms. or Rosie.

Pundits will analyze which candidate came out of Thursday’s GOP debate as the victor in the coming days, but if early indications are correct, there can be no argument that Fox News scored big.

“I have said that Mr. Trump’s language is divisive”, Bush said.

Paul also entered a verbal joust with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie over his attempts to defund the NSA. So, if one of my daughter’s happened to be that, of course I would love them, and I would accept them. “But, you know, all in all, I mean, this is what people expected“.