because he was right. ted cruz had the best moment. rubio had the best debate. jennifer, your assessment of how the debate went down moderator wise. well, i think it was a mess. not only because of the reasons we just talked about, but because of what wasn t asked. they are a business network and they didn t do a very good job of talking about the economy. we didn t have a single question on trade. these candidates do have differences. it would have been nice to have heard about them on the merits. and they are going to have another debate in 13 days so we ll get more information. it did get the candidates a chance to pop off, which they love to do and some do it better than others. what about the rnc chair seconds after this whole debate. he jumps on tv, blasts cnbc and says this. i think it was one gotcha
political strategists and certainly of the republican national committee. and i don t know if dan even needs to track down john spicer because his boss rance preibus lambasted c cnbc for their performance. we ve got that. let s listen to it. i m proud of our candidates for standing up to a pretty hostile environment. i was very disappointed in the moderators. i m disappointed in cnbc. i thought maybe they would bring forward a pretty fair forum here tonight, but i think it was one gotcha question, one personal low blow after another. it s almost as if they tried to take the worst element, i think, of what moderators and what the media should bring to the table and all i can tell you is that while i m proud of our candidates for pretty much
reporter: the chair reince priebus agreed. i got it was one gotcha question and one blow beyond the other. reporter: but beyond the umbrage, perhaps a new trend in new faces. it does not focus on donald trump or ben carson and opening for marco rubio. i m against anything that s bad for my mother. reporter: and ted cruz who attempted to patch things up with moderators with more legal tequila or famous colorado browns. reporter: and new jersey governor chris christie, much more central to the mix now, again, going after the modera r moderators for the subject of their questions. watt a second we have $19 trillion in debt. we have people out of the work we have isis and al qaeda attacking us and we re talking about fantasy football? reporter: answer on a night that many thought that jeb bush kneeleded to break out, he spoke less than the other candidates, the performance that left some
agreed. i believe it was one gotcha question and one low below. reporter: beyond the umbrage, new stretch in new faces. the debate did not focus on donald trump or ben carson. an opening for marco rubio? i m against anything that is against my mother. reporter: and ted cruz that intended to patch up with more legal products. i ll buy the tequila or colorado browns. reporter: and chris christie much more central to the mix, again, going after the moderators for the subject of their questions. wait a second, we have $19 trillion in debt, we have people out of work, we have isis and al qaeda attacking us and we re talking about fantasy football? reporter: and on a night where many thought that jeb bush needed to break out, he spoke less than the other candidates. a performance that left some cold. despite one hot offer. you find a democrat that s
here are some headlines. he came out a clear loser of the republican debate along with a name that s not even in the running, cnbc, taking a lot of the heat today for what many say were low blow questions from the moderators. and just moments ago, jeb bush spoke about the debate during a campaign stop in new hampshire. here he was. right now, washington is not working at all. it s dysfunctional. the debate last night was a good example of it. there wasn t any substantiative question where people talk about the questions around their kitchen table. very few things that were real. it was all about the horse race. it was all about the trying to figure out the gotcha question to make people look bad. so who came out on top? we ll soon get to all of that. first, in case you missed it, a recap. what s your biggest weakness? i don t really have any weaknesses that i can think of. i trust people too much. after the last debate i was