Republican Undercard Debate: Live Coverage

Micah: Of course not. What do you have to gain by attacking someone else who’s at 3 percent of the vote? Christie’s consistently been good about understanding that attacking Hillary Clinton instead has a higher risk/reward ratio.

Is there anything to gain for these candidates in the undercard debate by attacking each other, like Jindal and Huckabee just did?

According to the Cato Institute, Bobby Jindal is right that he’s the only governor running for president who cut spending. Using data from the National Association of State Budget Officers, the libertarian think tank found that Jindal has cut spending by 1.76 percent per year on average. Jeb Bush and John Kasich increased spending by the most of any of the governors running.