So on Newsmax the other night, there was former President Donald Trump starring in another Trump rally. The thousands in the Florida audience
So on Newsmax the other night, there was former President Donald Trump starring in another Trump rally. The thousands in the Florida audience were self-evidently pumped. They listened to every word and loudly cheered on the former president.
Meanwhile, over there on NBC there was another show entirely. A decidedly pathetic show. Five seriously struggling candidates for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination were throwing sharp elbows and petty insults at each other in a veritable fog of words that was supposed to send a message that one of them had what it takes to run for — and be — president.
Suffice to say, they failed.
In fact, this third GOP debate reminded of the famous 1980 New Hampshire debate between candidates Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.
RealClearPolitics recalls what happened at that debate:
In the 1980 primaries the Federal Elections Committee ruled that a newspaper-sponsored debate between just two candidates (Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush) that excluded other contenders, constituted an improper campaign contribution.
