I could spill a lot of ink on this topic. I could tell you that Chris Christie had a solid, if low energy, performance; that DeSantis, probably inspired by his home crowd, was better than before; that Haley lost me with her deranged answer to the border question; that Ramaswamy was just as annoying as usual; and that Tim Scott embarrassed himself and should leave the race as soon as possible. But what’s the point?
The mission is to defeat Donald Trump. All of the candidates were given a microphone, a large audience, and an opportunity to explain in detail why Trump is completely unfit for office. Not a one of them took it. So why bother even showing up?