good morning everybody. it's wednesday, december 16th. welcome to morning joe. >> what do you think? >> lindsey graham won the debate. i'm with you. >> lindsey graham was fantastic. >> mike barnical with us. former communication's director nicole wallace. >> i loved watching rubio defend a world view that's been beaten up and kicked around. i think he got attacked more and had to defend. i liked his performance and i adore lindsey graham. i think the apology at the very beginning did a lot of good for the republican party. >> he was incredible. >> i thought jeb bush was really good. best performance but too late. chris christie again excellent in another debate and donald trump has to be the winner because nobody laid a glove on him and he's up 25 points. >> i started thinking after the debate this was an inside deal.