TRUMP WINS, DESANTIS STRUGGLES, HALEY SHINES, AND EVERYBODY HATES (OR LOVES) VIVEK. Milwaukee Going in, former President Donald Trump's view of the first Republican debate was that it would turn into a bunch of people fighting over second place, while Trump remained untouched and far ahead of the pack. The idea in the Trump camp was that if the former president skipped the debate, his absence would inevitably lead the other candidates to attack each other, bringing themselves down while Trump, and his big lead, remained unscathed.
they said a little prayer and as you recall, romney came out just tore his throat out it and worked. we ll do a quick one as a guest, steve. what rick santorum writes at the top of his debate notes. mention obama care and romney care. i haven t gotten to read this yet, but i think it s going to be something about god. you re so good. you can see why he he has the big chair i promise you i haven t read it. i took that off the press release, that question. at the top of his debate notes was left behind on a podium and his speech notes, he writes h.s. for holy spirit to remind the holy spirit to come through him as he s speaking, makes you think he may stay in the race a little longer than we might think. there are many of us catholic school kids going, yeah, that wasn t too hard to guess. mike allen and steve kornaki, thank you for joining me tonight. republican voters are finally doing their duty and falling in line with mitt romney
finally lly ann romney that convinced them it was okay. they said a little prayer and as you recall, romney came out just tore his throat out it and worked. we ll do a quick one as a guest, steve. what rick santorum writes at the top of his debate notes. mention obama care and romney care. i haven t gotten to read this yet, but i think it s going to be something about god. you re so good. you can see why he he has the big chair i promise you i haven t read it. i took that off the press release, that question. at the top of his debate notes was left behind on a podium and his speech notes, he writes h.s. for holy spirit to remind the holy spirit to come through him as he s speaking, makes you think he may stay in the race a little longer than we might think. there are many of us catholic school kids going, yeah, that wasn t too hard to guess. mike allen and steve kornaki,
and tonight cnn is actually going to carry a debate between the leading candidates. brianna keilar is at the university of delaware where that showdown will take place. it s all politics. it s all about the debate, but is there not just one television on there in delaware, watching these miners coming up? this is an amazing story. someone s got to be watching it while going over their debate notes. reporter: i think this is the story everyone is watching, but we re watching the debate here. beautiful, credit. fall day here on the university of delaware campus. we are waiting for christine o donnell and chris coons, co-moderated by wolf blitzer. this race has gotten so much attention not so much for the issues at play here in delaware but for the personalities of the candidates, especially christine o donnell. she has been dogged by comments