Why the Republican Debate Was So Brutal

[steve2470]

http://time.com/4224330/republican-debate-donald-trump-ted-cruz-brutal/?xid=gonewsedit&google_editors_picks=true

Saturday night’s gathering of the remaining GOP presidential candidates was not a debate. It was a savage roar on the road to the White House as hopefuls shouted over each other, questioned each other’s character and, in one case, even went after a candidate’s mother.

The ruckus was, in many ways, overdue, delayed by the massive GOP field that only winnowed to a manageable number this week. But was it too late to throw up a roadblock between Donald Trump and his party’s nomination? Was this merely the multi-frontal war to oblivion that the Republican National Committee tried to avoid when it limited the number of sanctioned debates? Or was this simply the latest episode in the GOP’s reality show-esque drama?

It was a furious night that found, for the first time, Trump squarely being piled on from all sides. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush excoriated his business record and foreign policy judgement, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz suggested he would appoint liberals to the Supreme Court and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio lambasted him for questioning the legacy of George W. Bush.

Trump alternated between condescending smirks and prickly interruptions, but it was clear he was getting his first real all-against-him attack. He did not enjoy it. Moderator John Dickerson of CBS News repeatedly mocked the spectacle, at one point telling a feuding Cruz and Trump, “Gentlemen, I’m going to turn this car around.”

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[underpants]

1. He actually said "turn this car around"?

I thought that was a joke

[jberryhill]

2. He should have said "Don't make me come up there"

[randys1]

3. According to the little bit I heard, the ME is a mess NOT because of W, but Obama

which is when I changed the channel

these people are never going to grow up and act like adults, evidently

[oberliner]

4. Actually Trump did blame it on Bush

And then everyone went crazy.