Fox News Undercard Republican Debate: Live Coverage

Twelve percent of all the questions asked at the undercard debate were variants on “isn’t it a little ridiculous you’re still in the race.” By my count, just over half were on policy, and many of the rest were on the state of the campaign.

President Obama’s approval rating is now 46.9 percent in the RealClearPolitics average, his highest figure since June 2013. His approval rating exceeds his disapproval rating in several recent polls, which has been a rarity for most of his second term. It’s probably just a random fluctuation, or a result of the solid jobs numbers recent. But who knows: Maybe Obama looks a little better in comparison to the unpopular set of candidates they’ve been seeing and hearing so much from lately.

Huckabee isn’t “feeling the Bern.” That shouldn’t be too surprising given that he is a Republican. What I’d like to know is who are the 13 percent of self-identified Republicans who had a positive view of socialism in a November 2015 CBS News/New York Times survey.