Watching my first Republican debate (re-run) since the first one. My take? No matter which of

[mahina]

These goonie-birds wins their primary, no matter who wins ours, we are going to smoke these guys.

Not one of them is serious, except Kasich, who keeps peeping his face out from behind the curtain. The rest of them are one step up from a crowd of badly-behaved first graders.

Brats. The word I was looking for is cranky spoiled brats with no cognitive capacity for reason. Whoever wins their primary wins the booby prize.

[bobbobbins01]

1. I wish that were true, because its so obvious.

But then I think...the choice between Bernie and Hillary is so obvious too, and yet even the Democrats are fucking it up. We need Bernie to win or else I think the republicans will run away with it.

[mahina]

4. Same here

And I'm still very hopeful!

[mahina]

5. As to being obvious, I was getting worried due to otherwise rational people

In my life taking up Trump's case. I expected them to be much more rational.

[yeoman6987]

11. I was on a cruise ship the last week and it was all trump all the time

I tried to reject their slogans about trump but they were pretty dug in. These were 40ish types mostly at the bar and smoking areas. Not a huge sample but I was a bit stunned.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

2. I've made the argument since the beginning. Kasich was always the most reasonable Rethug

who would garner some mainstream support.

I'm not worried about Trump at all.

Rubio? Maybe.

[mahina]

3. I don't know, he comes off like a grumpy toddler who didn't get his nap.

[Armstead]

8. Rubio is the kid in class who reminded the teacher...

That she forgot to assign homework.

[mahina]

9. HA!

Precisely.

[Armstead]

6. Remember that spoiled brat GW Bush?

[mahina]

7. :(

There is that

BUT nobody's brother is governor of Florida this time around.

[Lucinda]

10. Yep.

[MisterP]

12. not according to the polls, ugh

[oberliner]

13. I worry about Rubio

There are basically only ten states that matter in the general. If Rubio can win his home state of Florida, then things get a touch dicey.