November 10th Republican debate on Fox Business Network - Official Thread

[Mr Stealth]

My opinion of Marco? May his flesh sinter in hell.

[Kurt Evans]

Everybody look out for scary Russia. PacMan is the good guy.

This is worth repeating:
http://www-tc.pbs.org/wnet/wp-content/blogs.dir/2/files/2008/07/wa_japan_milexp_graph_new.gif

DEFENSE SPENDING IN MILLIONS

That graphic was apparently from 2008. This is an update from Reason's website:


Here's a link to the full Reason article:
https://reason.com/blog/2015/11/11/m...spend-far-more

Memo to Rubio: We Already Spend Far More on 'Defense' Than Any Other Country ...

During last night's Republican presidential debate, Rand Paul criticized Marco Rubio's "plan for $1 trillion in new military spending" as "not very conservative." Rubio responded by inaccurately describing Paul as "a committed isolationist" and declaring (twice) that the United States needs to be "the strongest military power in the world." But Rubio did not explain why a bigger Pentagon budget is necessary to accomplish that goal...

In 2014 the United States, a country at peace with its neighbors that has less than 5 percent of the world's population, accounted for more than a third of the world's military spending. Congress could cut the Pentagon's budget in half, and the U.S. would still be "the strongest military power in the world."

[devil21]

Rubio has a $#@!load more money and campaign infrastructure than Fiorina. He won't just go away. Rand, Rubio, Cruz, and maybe Carson, Bush are the only ones who can win delegates and run all the way to the RNC.

I'm convinced that Carson is almost entirely an astroturf operation. Delegates? Not unless they're being paid to be!

[Rudeman]

I don't understand why people think Trump is going anywhere. He has been #1 in the polls pretty much since he entered the race.

In 2007 and 2011 we saw the rise and fall of many frontrunners, but Trump seems pretty solid.

It's clear now that Trump and Rubio will be Rand's biggest challenges in this race.

A lot of people are assuming Trump will drop out if he isn't #1 to protect his ego.

[timosman]

I'm convinced that Carson is almost entirely an astroturf operation. Delegates? Not unless they're being paid to be!

Totally. Why doesn't someone expose him? Do we still have journalists in this country?