The Second Debate Is Finally Over

++Well,at least we know Obama is a leftist and capitulates to all our enemies. Jeb says to wild cheers that his brother kept us safe and Chris Christie agrees. 

++We will have the biggest,most excellent military the world has ever seen and everybody will respects us.

++Jeb! promises 4% growth rate and rampant deregulation and lower taxes. Everybody is for lower taxes but the Donald says Hedge Fund Managers have to pay more.

++Carly Fiorina pushes her way into the front ranks by promising all sorts of new military systems.

++Kasich sells his role in the Clinton balanced budget and having been in Washington when the government had a big surplus.

++Everybody hates the Iran deal but Kasich says you need allies before you can take on Iran.

++Rubio is against all the regulations meant to thwart climate change and that we should do this through innovations in our energy sector. Chris Christie agrees.

++All candidates are against Planned Parenthood and want it defunded. Walker and Christie bread about how they defunded Planned Parenthood. Jeb! speaks about how he created pregnancy crisis centers.

++Rand Paul was the sole peacenik bragging about how he opposed the Iraq War and actually made sense of it. The Donald also opposed the Iraq War. Jeb! sats the mistake was not leaving troops behind. 

++All candidates would have litmus tests for Supreme Court justices. Cruz says Roberts was a mistake. Jeb! said he made some good decisions. Cruz blames Souter and Roberts on the Bush family.

++The Donald was polite tonight and probably didn't hurt himself.

++Kasich will improve his position.

++I thought Carson was weak,Rubio all Cold War-ish but largely invisible. Chris Christie edged more in front of the camera than before and may have saved himself for the next debate.

++The lines are drawn on Hillary Clinton whom Christie wants to prosecute for Benghazi and Carly wants to call out Hillary's lying.

++The Washington Post gives Lindsey Graham the nod in the kiddie debate because of his bellicosity.

++Remember, dear Reader, the Supreme Court. Everyone of these candidates will go to war again and vastly increase defense spending. All the candidates , except the Donald, are committed to gutting Social Security and entitlement programs. All are committed to ending Obamacare.

++The Dailykos and Washington Monthly have live-blogging of the debates. Ed Kilgore actually detailed the kiddie debate. It was exhausting and horrifying at the same time.