Carly Fiorina has Megyn Kelly’s back

Seven Republican presidential hopefuls assembled at the Quicken Loans Arena for the first of two GOP debates Thursday evening, but one candidate was not like the others. Did any of you get a phone call from Bill Clinton? “I didn’t. Maybe it’s because I hadn’t given money to the foundation or donated to his wife’s Senate campaign” as Trump has done.

It also signaled a turning point in the nascent primary race, moving policy discussions to the forefront before some campaigns have even had a chance to roll out their platforms.

That’s why many experts say an invitation to join the GOP ticket as a vice presidential candidate is more likely. Unlike Fox News, which only factored in the five most recent polls when it made its cut this week, CNN will consider all qualified polls from mid-July through September 10. “Rubio showed he could play with the big boys and made the best sound bite of the night for a prospective presidential nominee: “[God] has blessed the Republican Party with some very good candidates.

“Donald Trump is someone who’s spent 14 seasons saying”.

“I didn’t get a phone call from Bill Clinton before I jumped in the race. I didn’t”. I admire his principled stand for national security, but he must know that he cannot win by telling people he’ll push for more military entanglement and his example will not change minds.

“I hope you don’t hit any potholes here in Cleveland but if you do, thank a Republican“, Miss Kaptur said.

Even before the debate, the GOP political punditry was raising questions about Trump’s past associations and positions – as pro-choice, as for a single-payer health care system and other stances.

On that issue, Graham said, “I think Americans are dying to work”.

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who won the Iowa caucuses in 2012, tried to do it by calling for strict new limits on legal immigration.

Taking second place in the loser class of the night was Sen. Rick Perry seemed trying a little bit too hard to sound enthusiastic and decisive to counteract our memories of his tragicomic debate performances four years ago.

“He’s probably the least well-known and has moved up in the polls because as he tells his story he is converting voters”, Mr. Schrimpf said.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said he’d sic the IRS and the Department of Justice on Planned Parenthood in an attempt to shut down the pro-abortion-rights group. Bush said that he “believes a great majority of people coming here illegally have no other option”, but “we need to control our border” and “eliminate the sanctuary cities in this country”.

In a debate involving the seven candidates whose polling numbers were lower than Mr. Kasich’s, the candidates each got several opportunities to answer questions over a 90-minute period, touching on the Iran nuclear treaty, their qualifications to energize the economy, abortion, immigration reform, weaning Americans off federal entitlements, and the terrorist war in Iraq and Syria. Lindsey Graham, former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore and former New York Gov. George Pataki.

Fox News moderators Bill Hemmer and Martha MacCallum did not hesitate to lurch for the jugular in the first round, more or less asking each of the contenders how they could conceive of winning the nomination in a 17-candidate field of which they were bringing up the rear. As the front-runner, Trump should have expected tough questions, especially given his track record of supporting almost every progressive idea at one time or another, including Hillary Clinton being President. Mr. Santorum noted that he “came to Washington, D.C., in 1990”. Perry said of Trump.