Huckabee's doing fairly strong on Iran.

My general feelings:

Difficult to say who won. If I were to guess, I'd have to say Fiorina won mostly likely, or at least she'll have the best polling results. Rubio, Jeb, and Carson performed up to expectations. Trump's success is unknowable by mere mortals. As for who lost, I'd like to say Rand Paul turned things around, but I really think his campaign is DOA at this point, and Kasich disappointed.

Going into more detail here:

Slash and I felt like Rand Paul redeemed himself from his last performance, but I really can't see him making a comeback. Dominated the stage when drug reform and sentencing discrimination came up, in particular.

Carson didn't get to say as much but he was charismatic as usual.

Jeb seemed a bit more up to par this time. Really kept his composure by not letting Trump get to him. Although I worry that he's a bit too soft-spoken, like Kasich, whom I felt had underperformed this time.

Trump was... not quite as ridiculous as last time. He got a kick out of trying to make Jeb snap and did a polite little handshake thing with Carson. Both Jeb and Carson have been less focused on Trump as of late, and it may help both of them in the long run. They're both soft-spoken types who don't really like shit-flinging, and they both got their points across well.

Chris Christie put brand new nails in his coffin, right next to the old ones from the previous debate. He really doesn't understand how to do this stuff. Scott Walker didn't do himself any favors, either. Huckabee had his idea of charm, and his usual mix of good and bad, but he and Cruz were otherwise unremarkable.

Carly Fiorina went on the offensive and hit Trump where it hurts. This was a good night for her.

Rubio was the most consistent performer from the last debate. He gave his standard performance, which is to say he did very well. Very knowledgeable on foreign policy.

Have you seen the polls for the "debate winner"? Trump's got 40-60 percent on all of them.

fukken christ america

I'm actually starting to like Trump. He's grown on me.

I'm actually starting to like Trump. He's grown on me.

The cancer is spreading.

Oh Jesus Christ.  Trump comments on how the second ammendment needs to be protected, and suddenly the Republican base (on social media anyway) are fired up.

At least I'm close to Canadian borders if he does somehow win.