didn t get a lot of talking time. he didn t but right now he wants to be the king of the tea party faction of the republican party. he is sharing some of that with donald trump. i think cruz comported himself well because he was more articulate, more concise, and better informed than donald trump was last night. so, to put it in a word that i might say, because i like those catch phrases, he would be in cruise control to catch if there s anything that. he did not hurt himself. he ben fitted him. the other one that benefited was huckabee. he is fighting with carson over the evangelical ping. i didn t think carson showed energy and wasn t near as crisp in his answer as huc ben carson for just a second. yp9q1e9ñ do you think he kept that last night? no, i don t think he ll keep that after last night. i think huckabee will pick up some of what he had. all right. i wrote down wha4/g36ñ you said. the field rejumbled a bit.
we ll have many more highlights and reaction in just a moment with the political debate coach. first to cam pan carl v/[ cameron in las vegas. we start with donald trump. reporter: donald trump didn t have the kind of dominating ñ debate, nor that he has grown awe customed to daily. his rivals teamed up and one by one didn t exactly tag team him but it was a sequence of some pretty tough bashes. nonetheless, donald trump definitely gave the kind of performance his supporters love. not likely to hurt him in the polls. he stood his ground. he did this morning in the various different phone calls he made, but there was for the first time a day when the morning headlines weren t dominated by donald trump. for the first time in months. so, it s the kind of thing that empowers a lot of the republicans-not just carly fiorina. marco rubio, very strong performance in the debate so