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it. kayleigh, what is the biggest challenge for the candidates tonight? the biggest challenge is breaking through and bin noticed on a stage of eight people. he is exactly right. don t attack trump. let chris christie do that on his, because emission. i am told by the desantis campaign they are taking the fight directly to biden. doesn t sound like they have a big focus on trump. they will focus this on being a two man race taking it to biden. meanwhile tim scott says his campaign says they feel like they will get some barbs so they are ready to punch back if necessary. the biggest threat i think for these candidates, you have to play defense and offense. play defense and field the attacks and the barbs coming at you. but you have to play offense and when voters and be memorable. that s a very hard task. as pete knows you have to have the sword and the shield to be fun to watch the combat. thanks, guys. thank you.
first half of the next year in the courtroom facing a blizzard of desperate political charges designed to disqualify him from holding office. this will open up a pandora s box of political retribution because if trump wins the next election, we will witness a one term revenge tour. the biden family will be indicted. both biden and trump are running to avoid the threat of prison. here it is. on the one hand you have a week, debilitated, detached, incompetent and corrupt establishment direct democratic republican with an unelectable vp likely facing a controversial criminally exposed republican business tycoon and populist avenger. the former president made a calculation to skip tonight s debate based on his 40% primary lead. this creates an opportunity for the other candidates to distinguish themselves. here is what they need to do. the winning candidate must have
let s turn to kayleigh mcenany former press secretary and fox & friends weekend co-host pete. before we get to kayleigh, ladies first. you are there on-site. what is the energy like? i think there is a lot of i would describe it as anxiousness. a lot of campaigns talking to, they know how big this is. the latest cbs poll that just came out, trump is ahead by 46 points after the fourth indictment. he may not be here but he is in everyone s had. you said it right. what is the balance? in that same poll from cbs, 99% of republican voters say their life was better under trump. 91% say they prefer the candidates not talk about him and talk about their issues. how do you differentiate yourself on immigration, crime, inflation when they were all good under trump? it s almost an impossible task. you will see some kamikaze drones and others try to praise trump. it is an impossible balance. i don t know how they will do
kilmeade. he is young, likable, bright with an uplifting and energetic message. he has been financially successful, but the question is, is he the flavor of the month or has he tapped into something reel? he is somewhat of an unknown entity which gives him a great opportunity to make a good first impression tonight. but vivek ramaswamy came out of nowhere so they just hit it. he has a vulnerable resume with inconsistent positions that his opponents will exploit tonight. look for ron desantis to target him early. chris christie will be a huge factor. he will command attention with constant attacks and insults against trump, desantis, ramaswamy and anything that moves. he s a seasoned debater with a quick new jersey lip. the audience won t love him but he will initiate clashes all night. if one of the candidates can kick chris christie in the teeth in the first 15 minutes, that will help. the others up on stage have no