Thank you so much forjoining up thank you so much forjoining up tonight. with donald trump not taking part in this debate, who will the candidates focus on as they try to come out the clear and decisive winner? i think a clear and decisive winner? i thinka number of clear and decisive winner? i think a number of candidates have different goals. florida governor ron desantis, his goal is to come out of this debate as the principal opponent of donald trump. he wants to put himself in a different category and demonstrate he is best equipped both with respect to issues but also with respect to his personal posture, that he is the one to take on trump as the competition goes forward. four other candidates, it s a bit of a scrum, a, to stand out, b, to introduce themselves, and c, to be the alternative is ron desantis falters. i put nikki haley, might p and tim scott in that