CNN Undercard Republican Debate: Live Coverage

I agree with Leah — the candidates clearly wished they could argue with people other than each other. Instead they competed to sound the most hawkish and the most mawkish about protecting their descendants and yours.

Well, this debate didn’t do much to ease Americans’ fears about Islamic State — we had several allusions to attacks being planned at this very moment. I think it mostly just added to the general atmosphere of paranoia that’s dominating the GOP primary.

I would have enjoyed this debate more if Rand Paul hadn’t made it to the main stage. This was a competition to see who could say “I will kill them” most often, and it would have been more interesting with someone taking the other side of the issue.