Morning Jolt: Well, That Debate Was Unhinged

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WITH JIM GERAGHTY

December 07 2023

On the menu today: We're now a week into December, so perhaps it is fitting that the final Republican presidential-primary debate of this year — and maybe of the entire cycle — turned into a Festivus-style "airing of the grievances." Ron DeSantis wants us to believe that Nikki Haley is a spineless squish who always folds, Haley wants us to believe DeSantis is just jealous because Wall Street donors have abandoned him in favor of her, Chris Christie declared that Vivek Ramaswamy is "the most obnoxious blowhard in America" with his "smart-ass Harvard mouth," and Ramaswamy stopped about one step short of declaring that everyone else on stage was a lizard person. ("The puppet masters put up their puppet!") Remember how I said the last debate was worth watching? Despite the best efforts of the moderators, this one was a mud fight and a circus. But I suspect Donald Trump enjoyed it. Yesterday, I echoed Dr. Phil: If you keep doing what you're doing, ...

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