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GOP candidates debate Russia, immigration and TrumpFACT CHECK: Who’s right: Trump or other GOP candidates?
Though the first presidential primary is more than five and a half months away, Wednesday night’s Republican debate seemed to narrow the field that began with 17 candidates earlier in the summer.
Here’s one observation of how the CNN debate with the 11 leading candidates at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., left the field:
MOVING FORWARD
‘ Chris Christie – Almost invisible in the first debate, the New Jersey governor made strides with answers that seemed more from a conservative than the moderate he often is painted. He spoke to the importance of the electorate at least twice, asking the camera to focus on the audience with his opening statement (i.e., the audience being more important than the candidates) and taking business executives Donald Trump and Carly Fiorina to task when their exchange seemed to focus on their resumes and not on the American middle class.