How Did They Do? Latino Panel Weighs In On Republican Debate

*Did you watch? What did you think? The usual reaction is to put these debates in terms of who won and who didn’t. A big part of the punditry thinks is was a livelier, more substantive debate because Trump wasn’t there. There was one measurable take-away, the candidates spent more time talking about immigration than they had in past debates. VL


NBC_News_2013_logoBy Stephen A. Nuño, NBC News

Who scored points, who had some disappointing moments, and did the Republican candidates make a good case to prospective Latino voters? With the longest and most substantive discussion on immigration among both Republicans and Democrats thus far, we asked a group of Latino/as to give us their opinions of last night’s GOP debate.

Jeb Bush Finally Found His Footing, but is it Too Little, Too Late?

Perhaps the most refreshing Republican debate of the entire season, a Trumpless stage gave the candidates space to have a much more substantive debate than we have seen so far.

The planets seemed to align themselves for Jeb Bush last night. A career politician, Jeb was always the least comfortable on stage with the presence of an unpredictable Donald Trump. Trump’s absence also left the more ideological statements by Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, which they had grown used to relying on, out of place and disconnected from what one might expect in a substantive political debate.

Click HERE to read the rest of the panel’s opinions.


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