Live Coverage Of The First Republican Debate

Chris Christie wants to raise the retirement age for Social Security, which could be electoral poison: 58 percent of Republicans over the age of 50 are against this. That’s a very big problem for a candidate who’s relying on doing well in New Hampshire, where 56 percent of Republican primary voters were over the age of 50 in 2012.

Jeb Bush got attacked by Democrats last month when he said Americans “need to work more hours.” But as I wrote at the time, he’s right that far too many Americans are stuck in part-time jobs. He reiterated that point tonight, but without the inflammatory “work more hours” language.