Ben Carson lays out Isis strategy to ‘make them discover like losers’Donald Trump appears feeble as candidates turn toward foreign policy‘Why does she sustain interrupting?’ Trump decried as sexist for jabPlus: Is Chris Christie staging a comeback? 5.04am GMTThe fourth Republican debate is in the can. Here’s what we learned tonight: 4.30am GMTThe Guardian US business desk give their verdict:Well that was a much better debate than the CNBC fiasco. There were a lot of gaps but minimum wage,check, China, or check,we even had a reasonable back and forth of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal (TPP). Trump slammed it - wrongly - as giving too much to China and Kasich made the case for TPP being a buffer against China’s dominance in the Pacific region.
Rubio had a crack at Dodd Frank - the legislation that came in after the last financial crisis and which has codified “too expansive to fail”. Cruz said he would “absolutely not” bail out the expansive banks again.
Christie kept his eye on the ball, or rather on Hillary. She emerged as the winner of this debate too.
As for the losers, or you can add philosophers,IRS agents and women to the list. I have a feeling that besides their own moms, the GOP candidates do not know many women. Or minimum wage workers. When asked whether he was sympathetic to the fact that minimum wage workers only make $15000 a year, and Trump said no. I would savor to see him try to make it on that little.
I agree but hey at least we learnt that Rubio is improper - philosophers DO make more than welders. Stay in school,kids.
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Source: theguardian.com