Candidates. Theyre all smart people. Theyre all conservatives and apart from the few headtohead explosions that we all could have done without there was far more agreement on issues than disagreement. Energy, inflation, overregulation, wokeness, china warnings the biggest division was probably overukraine. You can be unfair there were no magical moment zinger lines but they are hard to come by. This is memorable one from Ronald Reagan. Governor reagan typically is against another proposal. Governor . There you to go again. Larry there you go, that one is still playing 40 years later. At different points during the debate each of the candidates had their moments. The pundits are scrambling around to pick winners and losers. Honestly i dont think anybody totally stood out. I dont think there were any real breakout, breakouts. Some minor polling hiccups here and there but frankly the big picture doesnt change. Former. President biden donald trump is overwhelming favorite to win the gop nomination. He is the prohibitive favorite. I dont think the debate last night, like the one before it changes mr. Trumps front running status. Now i was disappointed that there was no one who struck me as a real commanderinchief of the economy or for that matter commanderinchief of national security. I didnt see that. Nor did i see any clear Economic Growth and prosperity messaging. No one really blasted the big guest socialism of bidenomics, nor did anyone really make a clear case for a return to Free Enterprise capitalism as an engine of growth and prosperity. No one really called for and across the board slashing of marginal tax rates to grow the economy at 4, 5, or 6 . I was disappointed. I dont think anyone really convinced voters that the gop will absolutely be the best stewards of future growth and prosperity. Again there were snippets of this here and there over the two hour period, you can see each candidate bucking in but no comprehensive plan, no oomph. There was no real medium rare steak that was so good i wanted to it take home some slices and share it with my little doggie. I didnt wake up with this morning with a single highlight in your brain. I had a couple favorites to share with you, a all right . For example, senator tim scott bravely attacked the Great Society welfare spending he believed was so damaging to africanamerican families. Take a listen to this. Heres the challenge though, plaque families surviveed slavery, we survived poll taxes and literacy tests. We survived discrimination being woven into the laws of our country. What was hard to survive was johnsons Great Society where they decided to put money or decided to take the black father out of the household to get a check in the mail and you can now measure that in unemployment, in crime, in devastation. If you want to restore hope, you have got to restore the family, restore capitalism and put americans back at Work Together as one american family. Larry wow, you know, that is just heavy stuff. I just loved what tim scott did. I totally agree with senator scott. I think by the way the data and evidence completely supports his view regarding the economic, the family and societal damage of welfare spending. So that was a great moment. Probably no one will really in the punditry talk about it. The liberal media will hate it. Kudos to tim scott saying that. The closest i saw to Economic Growth plan came from Vivek Ramaswamy. Take a listen to him. What we need is to deliver Economic Growth in this country. Unlock american energy, drill, frack, burn coal, embrace nuclear energy, put people back to work by no longer paying them more money to stay at home. Stablize the u. S. Dollar itself and rescind a majority of those unconstitutional federal regulations that are hampering our economy. Larry all right. That was wellsaid and wellpackaged in one nice, brief moment. Good for vivek. I have dont think the others really disagree with them. He put it together in a strong, hardhitting fashion. Now again look it, debates dont decide primaries. Polls dont decided primariess. Voters have not voted yet. Frankly i dont think last nights debate changed the fact that former President Trump has a very strong hold on the Republican Party and that is my riff. That is my view. So my brief thoughts but now lets talk about it some more with our expert experts. Theyre not in california so im very lonely but i will get over it. Mark simone, wor radio show host, hall of fame nominee by the way, john carney, breitbart economics, coauthor of the breitbart business digest with his cult following, and joe concha, media, politics columnist at the messenger, Fox News Contributor and his cult following book, come on man, the truth about joe bidens terrible, bad, horrible presidency. I love that. Mark simone, you heard my thoughts, what did i miss . Am i wrong, does yesterday, last night change anything . Does donald trump still haves he very strong hold on the Republican Party or are there hiccups or what . Im not as positive as you are about last night. You gave them the perfect setting, the magnificent reagan library. You had the fox business network, most dignified classy network you could be on, they were yelling, screaming interrupting jumping up and down like bad game show contestants. Covered up substance what they were saying, nobody, nobody moved the needle last night. If anybody benefited maybe Vivek Ramaswamy only because they kept attacking him all night, kept hitting him making him seem like he was the frontrunner. Chris christie has to drop that whole thing trump is coward. We watched what donald trump has gone through last few months. Nobody thinks he is a coward. That line has got to go. Larry nikki haley had some good points, one thing i didnt like, mark, she has school marmish way slapping down did it to vivek and couple people too. I dont know where that is coming from. I dont think that helped her at all. I think last night probably heard her whole position. What do you think . She has a mean streak. Get as wonderful job from donald trump and then leaves calling him a racist. That was awful. Next thing you know she was his friend again. I dont trust her. The fact that vivek is using tiktok is not the most outrageous thing in the world. He has a point, great way to communicate with many generations. Wrong to go after him. May be things wrong with him but dumb is not one of them. Larry i dont like the school marmish one of them. Joe concha, weigh in on the debate, whether it changes anything . Doesnt change anything, im in agreement there. Last nights debate felt like watching the playin game to make the ncaa tournament without donald trump there were more than three months away from iowa, yet there is this feeling of inevitability at this point. Two polls came out this week, washington post, abc news, harris. First one trump 10 points over biden. Second one from the messenger, trump by five. Were seeing trump is favored to beat biden in the general, according to realclearpolitics betting averages. The trend is very real. To your point in the monologue, larry, how do any candidates stand out contrast with donald trump when they agree with him on almost every issue from a mock crow perspective, on the economy, lower inflation, increase wages, get back to energy independence, secure the u. S. Southern border, how to give power back to parent in education, how to make people feel safer in their towns and communities again. There is no contrast, trumps base is so loyal, you cant use the argument he is not electable i am with trump leading in the polls, how do you make inroads at this point . Larry those are great points, common sense points. I agree with you. John carney after the first debate you wrote the great piece inflation was the number one issue but the republicans didnt talk about inflation. You godded it up with another piece about the economy. Last night, how many times did you hear inflation or the economy . In other words, john, did they get to the meat and potatoes of why bidenomics is did a little better this time. They did a little better this time, larry, than last time. It definitely came up. Part of it was Stuart Varney began with the economy. That was great to focus in on something that was very important. The candidates did an okay job actually, a couple times when they were asked, maybe not so Great Questions of pivoting to Economic Issues which what i thought they absolutely needed to do but frankly they really should have driven home the point on inflation a lot more. There are some issues that ties back to inflation. I was just reading Ronald Reagan from back in 1980 where he explained to people very well that Interest Rates were so high because inflation was so high. Housing was unaffordable because Interest Rates are so high. These are very important points to draw the connections to voters. Hey, you know why you cant afford a house right now . Because Interest Rates are so high. You know why Interest Rates are so high . Because bidenflation drove them so high. Were having a strike of uaw workers. Why are they striking . Because bidenflation drove their wages through the floor. These are points a republican candidate can very easily make. I didnt hear any of them really making that point. As you say, vivek did a good job of drawing together all of the plans but nobody else really did. Larry you know, john, i agree with you listening to your critique. I dont think they got to the kitchen table. I dont think they really got to the worrisome nature, you know, the pocketbook issues, as you say. Prices are rising faster than wages. That is what the uaw strike is about in large measure but that is a generic problem across the board. That is why joe biden has whatever, 25 Approval Rating on the economy, because, people are getting killed and gasoline and food and all the rest of it. They didnt quite get there. There were snippets of it. Vivek put it together pretty good but you know, mark simone, i wanted to see a full blast, full bore bidenomics is Big Government socialism to use Newt Gingrichs phrase a year ago. Newt is coming on the show a bit later and a fullthroated support of Free Enterprise economic capitalist. Go for it. That is what republicans why, democrats have become socialists and we want to know that republicans are going to stay on the capitalist path because thats what will restore growth. I didnt hear that. I like to pound it, mark simone. I dont know, maybe im asking too much. No youre not. This is what you want in a debate. Youre looking for a big plan, the big picture but you need somebody big to do that. Donald trump said, he didnt see a president up there. Theyre not big enough, president ial enough. Frankly theyre just a collection of very good middle managers. There is not a ceo in the bunch yet. Larry yeah. The commanderinchief ceo can i tell you my favorite line of the night . Larry yes. My favorite line of the night didnt come from the debate stage, it was donald trump saying that in his administration the gas engine will be legal and transgender surgery will be banned. This was a great line. It brought together the Economic Issues facing the country and it brought together the cultural issues were facing. One sentence, nobody on that stage can rival that. That is why he is the frontrunner right now. Larry youre right he does it in a way nobody does it. Like the cnn debate he said drill, baby, drill which became joe concha, i like my debaters to really debate, like at oxford in england or something. I like them to slam bang. I wanted them to really Slaughter Joe biden, okay . Take no prisoners. Call him every name in the book, show this, and show that. Thats whats missing. There is like this, you know, what im getting at . Like your book, your title, three lines of how bad biden is. They should have used the title of your book, it would have been more effective. Go ahead, joe, last word. Okay, borrowing from Ronald Reagan, you played one clip before in a debate with jimmy carter. I thought his line against carter was even better when he said are you better off than four years ago . Are you better on than two years ago, overwhelmingly majority will say no. Do you think joe biden will get better or worse with age if he goes into second term. Almost all including democrats will say no. That is pretty easy choice to make, isnt it . Larry it is. Life goes on. Primaries polls, first voting is in iowa, which is in what four months. We shall see. Joe concha, thank you, mark simone thank you, john carneys thank you. Coming up here on kudlow at reagan library, simi valley. It is kind of lonely out here, not that many people. More thoughts on the great story, congressman Byron Donalds and by the way the Oversight Committee is meeting. What evidence did the Oversight Committee have, firms biden impeachment hearing, well ask byron all that stuff when kudlow returns. Simi valley library, wonderful place. Come out to visit the reagan library. 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Let me get your do you have quick thoughts on last nights gop debate . Look my initial thought is, nobody broke through, larry. Theyre all food good people. They all want the best thing for the country. The leader in the house remains donald trump. I called him last night, congratulations sir you won the debate. Nobody got traction to come close to his numbers. Until that changes i will see everybody in iowa. Larry you know that was my my riff. So you and i on my same page. By the way trump loves you. He thinks your the cats meow. Byron, lets talk about todays impeachment hearing. There is new evidence, Money Laundering evidence, text messages, bank records. What can you tell us about what popped up at the hearing . So today what we did we had an organized focus on all the information that has come up through all of our investigations here in congress. The craziest thing about the hearing the democrats didnt even want to talk about the evidence we brought. They wanted to talk about everything else, which means they know this is really, really bad for joe biden. We believe we laid the foundation for going to get bank records and other Financial Information to now track the flow of money from these businesses to hunter biden and threw hunter biden to family members of the biden family in my view including joe biden himself. That is where were going with this and listen if that is where the evidence leads us, i think you have everything you need to see that would be grounds for articles of impeachment. Larry byron, one of the pieces of evidence coming out, i dont know, the last, 24, 48 hours, bank records that were sent to joe bidens home in wilmington, delaware, when it was supposed to go to hunter when hunter was out on the west coast in l. A. They sent it right to joe bidens home. To me that sounds indicting but is eight big deal . It is a big deal. Im 44 years old, i love my mom, if i had a wire payment coming in it wouldnt be going to her addressed in brooklyn, new york. I dont live there. That is me bring up all the issues. The stuff doesnt add up. Well continue to do our work. Well not be like nancy pelosi and democrats, we wont rush to judgment because we wanted to get somebody, the evidence dictates this. Impeachment is so serious for our country we have to make sure we have it completely right with all the facts on the table. Larry so 100 agree, but, byron, other stuff has come out two more senior irs agents came out last week and they backed up the earlier irs agents regarding the Justice Department and other matters on the tax thing. Also im reading in the wall street journal today, i think the woman who testified at your committee who used to be in the Justice Department for tax policy said that hunter biden actually may well be liable for all the back taxes he did not pay and the