CBS Republican Debate: Live Coverage

It’s much easier to have a blunder than a great moment in a debate, in my opinion. We remember the blunders more than the strong moments. That said, my answer is always the same: Wait for the polls.

Rubio has seemed pretty solid so far. Does a good debate performance get him back to where he was before his pre-New Hampshire debate debacle? Or is it only a first step?

John Kasich talking about homelessness and prisons and the working poor not getting health care is doing what I believe our fearless leader, Nate, called compassionate conservatism 2.0. Kasich has been a pretty popular governor in swing-state Ohio, winning 86 of 88 counties, partly by working this very look.