This past Wednesday evening, the second Republican presidential debate took place, and I've got you covered with all the highlights.
During the CNN debate, Donald Trump and Carly Fiorina went head to head just as anticipated due to Trump’s comment in Rolling Stones Magazine where he ridiculed Fiorina’s physical appearance.
“Look at that face. Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that? The face of our next president,” said Trump.
Fiorina got her revenge by making jabs at Trump’s personal offenses and business decisions. Fiorina’s jabs at Trump seemed to leave him speechless at his podium.
Finally, Trump tried to make up for his harsh words by saying:
“I think she’s got a beautiful face…and I think she’s a beautiful woman.”
The debate has shot Carly Fiorina into second place following Donald Trump in the polls. She jumped from 3% to a whopping 15% in less than a month's time. A survey following the polls indicated that Trump is still in the lead with 24% of support. This, however, means that he’s had an 8% decrease from earlier this month where he was at 32%.
Ben Carson seems to be dropping in support. Carson went from second place at 19% to third, just behind Fiorina at 14%. The top three candidates, Trump, Fiorina and Carson seem to all have one thing in common: they’re the only three that have never held political office.Though Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida was given limited time to speak, he made his points valid. He explained why he doesn’t and wouldn’t support President Barack Obama when he proposed limited airstrikes against Syria’s troops.Rubio said, “If the United States military is going to be engaged by a commander-in-chief, it should only be engaged in an endeavor to win. And we’re not going to authorize use of force if you’re not put in a position where they can win.”
Rubio is another candidate that had a dramatic rise in the polls after proving himself in the debate. He went from 3% in the previous poll to 11% after this past weekend. Bush also got his change to debate and used it to explain his immigration plan and judicial appointments.Holding fifth place is Jeb Bush, at 9% in the polls. Following Bush is Sen. Ted Cruz of Arkansas and Mike Huckabee with 6%. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky takes the next place at 4%. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is closely following at 3%. Ohio Gov. John Kasich at 2% and former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania at 1%.
The remaining five candidates are at less than one-half of 1% support. These candidates include former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, former New York Gov. George Pataki and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.