Donald Trump says he can’t recall using insults

But like I say, it’s savvy to accuse Fox of being out to get him: The jet fuel in the rocket of Trumpmania is that the GOP powers that be can’t handle the hard truths he’s been telling (like how effective single-payer health care is).

The antics began before the debate even did.

“Only Rosie O’Donnell”, Trump quipped – which was met with laughter.

Undoubtedly, the reason for the record ratings was Trump.

“As a party, we are better to risk losing without Donald Trump than trying to win with him”, Graham said.

The debate – a setting that is normally polished with a veneer voters come to expect of a format befitting the presidency – was instead a guilty pleasure to watch.

“I’ll take that as a badge of honor”, he said.

Small-business owners, no doubt, are among the most interested in reading these early political tea leaves.

For what it’s worth, there’s an obvious reason why Kelly was especially hard on Trump and it has nothing to do with Fox being in the tank for the RNC.

“I think we kind of rumbled last night.” said former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, also at the RedState, reveling in rave reviews for her aggressive approach Thursday night.

Trump later attacked Luntz, calling him a “slob”.

Trump said the Fox News host and her two colleagues, Bret Baier and Chris Wallace, were “not very good or professional”.

“Mr. Trump made Megyn Kelly look really bad — she was a mess with her anger and totally caught off guard”, his campaign said. “I am not a debater, but I am a winner” – emerged.

“Decency is one of those lines”, he wrote, adding that Trump’s comment about Megyn Kelly on CNN “is a bridge too far for me”.

TRUMP: I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct.

When he was finished, he barreled forward, with cameramen falling down in the chaos, and left. He has blessed the Republican Party with some very good candidates.

They had been selected from a crowded field of 17 candidates by Fox News on the basis of recent national polls. I mean, she’s sitting there, reading questions. Marco Rubio also were at RedState. Kasich, who barely made it into the debate, continues to improve and impress.

Rand Paul then took a swipe at Trump.

Bush, among the rivals scrambling for notice in a campaign dominated at the moment by Donald Trump, said, “I don’t view debating as a question of winning and losing”. And Google Trends found that Trump was the most-searched candidate during the debate.

Maher told his guests, who included Republican strategists Mary Matalin and Steve Schmidt – neither of whom gave full-throated support to the real-estate mogul – that Trump shouldn’t be underestimated, and compared the current front-runner with Ronald Reagan circa 1968.

“I’m just acknowledging the fact that the guy has hit a nerve”. “I was repulsed by him”, answered a third.

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

First, he responds with a joke – a bad one. But, certainly, I don’t have a lot of respect for Megyn Kelly, she’s a lightweight.