Republican Presidential Debate: Live Coverage

Ben Carson, newly the front-runner, has gotten the most attention from the moderators so far tonight. He’s gotten four direct questions, while Huckabee and Paul have each only gotten one since the beginning of the debate.

Carly Fiorina says 92 percent of the jobs lost early in Obama’s term were those of women. That may be true, but it’s largely a question of timing. Early in the recession — when President George W. Bush was in office — layoffs were concentrated in male-dominated sectors such as construction and manufacturing. Later on, layoffs hit sectors like education, where women hold most of the jobs.

Ted Cruz spoke about his single mother. Whoever wins the Republican nomination needs to reach single moms better than Mitt Romney did in 2012. President Obama won a large majority of voters who were unmarried mothers.