Donald Trump slams Rosie O’Donnell in first GOP debate

His latest incendiary comment, about one of the Fox News moderators from Thursday’s Republican presidential debate, has led to a scolding by the party and condemnation by organizers of the RedState Gathering.

“Only Rosie O’Donnell”, Trump quipped.

I called Mr. Trump’s campaign manager and apologized and told him I felt bad for Mr. Trump because he has gotten so much sh*t from so many people and the party itself wasn’t treating the guy at the front of the pack as legitimate.

The rise of Donald Trump is believed to have fueled the spike in viewership. I think the simple fact of the matter is … we need to give everyone a chance, treat everyone with respect and let them share in this great American dream that we have. But I don’t recognize those words, so you know, she was spewing out these words, and I’m sitting there. Who do you think won the debate? In a statement on his RedState website, Erickson said: “I just don’t want someone on stage who gets a hostile question from a lady and his first inclination is to imply it was hormonal”.

But he ratcheted up his emphasis on his conservative views Friday when speaking to a crowd of Southern fiscal and social conservatives skeptical of nominating another governor from a Democratic state in the northeast, as the Republican’s did with Mitt Romney in 2012.

KELLY: You once told a contestant on Celebrity Apprentice it would be a pretty picture to see her on her knees. Carly Fiorina, the former tech industry executive, came out of the late afternoon debate, watched by 6 million, with renewed interest in her campaign. Just before they got underway Thursday afternoon, Google reported a surge in another trending search topic: GOP debate drinking games.

Kasich and Christie in While new Republican darling Donald Trump easily secured top spot, a pair of governors just squeaked into the top 10.

Numbers were also huge for the second-tier debate which took place earlier and featured the seven low-polling candidates who failed to make the cut for the prime-time event. “I thought the questions, to me, were very unfair”, he said.

Ratings monitor Nielsen Media Research said 7.9 million of the telecast’s viewers were aged 25 to 54, the key advertising demographic.