Republican Presidential Debate: Live Coverage

No questions on race or policing so far. Meanwhile, the sheriff’s deputy who flipped a black student out of her chair in South Carolina was fired today, and many other police officers in classrooms operate with little supervision.

I agree with the many people saying Ted Cruz is having a great debate, but I still don’t think he’s in the league of “the one to beat.” First of all, he was born in Canada. <Ducking.> Seriously, he’s alienated plenty of the Republican establishment, which will work against who helps him in their localities. On the other hand, he has a strong ground game in unusual stomping grounds like the territory of Guam, which does matter in the process.

We’ve been tracking how many times the candidates have attacked each other. So far, this has been a fairly cordial debate (possibly because the moderators have been receiving a lot of the candidates’ ire). Last debate, the GOP candidate attacked the most was Trump at 21 mentions. So far in this debate, Trump is still in the lead for the GOP but with only two attacks, while Hillary Clinton has been attacked seven times.