Out plated, lol. That made me laugh more than Boiler's crapola fest.

It is annoying when they do that to threads, just as it was warming up as well.

Pretty obvious he was not coming back so we could have speculated ad infinitum.

I did my best, admonished him before the close.

Can not say I like the new debate format, prefer the duelling.

I saw your post, thank you. He's so uncouth he probably didn't even get the meaning.

I can't say that I'm that big of a fan of town halls. They're just doing so many millions of debates that I guess they need to mix it up a bit.

Turned over to another channel, took me some time to find the remote, dog sleeping on it.

It's pretty dull, but it is highlighting how relatively sane Kasich is compared to the other two.

I watched a good bit of Trump and now watching Cruz's part. I actually can't stand Kasich. Also feel like it's a waste of time to watch him because he's not actually in the running.

One of the few election cycles that appears not to be staged. Refreshing.

Trump says he's abandoning on his pledge to support the Republican nominee no matter who it is. "I've been treated very unfairly."

They all have

Apparently Rubio has been ringing around the States where he won delegates - he wants to hang on to them.

What does this mean his game plan is down the road? Still thinking about a brokered convention?

CNN's Ten Thousandth Clown Hall has left me totally enervated

Ted Cruz.....that nasal, grating voice invoking "Radical Islamic Terrorism" ad-nauseum, coupled with the rest of his preposterous but scary drivel, makes me tune out and focus on......

Important things like...

What the hell is that bulbous boil thingy at the end of his Pinocchio nose?

And it's coupled with another one protruding from his chin!

Why does his shiny smooth face always look like it's just been subjected to a nasty skin peel?

Ted Cruz is UGLY and FUGLY and SMUG.

Of course this is utterly beside the point.

Or is it?

Perhaps the hideous Cruz face is an exterior manifestation of a Hieronymus Bosch universe which is churning away within him.

As for Donald..... a rare glimmer of hope during his performance came from the prop "people" stationed behind him.
As his non-sequitur babble waffled on - the "people" props began to look as fed up as I felt...and their annoyance slowly turned them into living, pissed off people persons.

Kasich... yeah, less scary than the competition - just boring scary (which, in itself, is scary scary)

On the horizon.....A Dem Debate in Brooklyn....looks like Bernie's shamed her into it. (Takes two to tangle)
Date not set yet.

Right

Poor Donald. His solipsism runneth over.

What does that pledge actually entail?

Aside from refraining from running as a 3rd party candidate?

And by the time a nominee is declared - isn't it too late for that?

Does it have to do with releasing pledged delegates?
But by the time a nominee is chosen they no longer matter.

Surely no one thinks any of these 3 will go around the country campaigning for anyone other than themselves.

I should look this up...but it's too late.
Bed beats Wikipedia now......zzzzzzzzz

This idea that he wasn't expecting to be so popular with the formerly silent majority and that he didn't originally really want to be president that it was all for publicity, seems to be gaining traction. Why else would he repeatedly say stupid things if not to try and lose. Then being surprised as everyone else is when his numbers keep going up.

It is getting to a tipping point where he is saying to himself, well maybe I should take this seriously. Do I want the big prize or not?

It's almost like we're playing out the end to Brewster's Millions (except without spending all the money).

What thread ... ? got a link ? Obviously not paying attention here!

Can Trump manage to become any more repulsive and outlandish?

His daily outrage one-upsmanship with himself brings this pronouncement from Mr. Donald today:

He's not only pro-life, but were Roe v. Wade to be overturned, he'd advocate punishment of any woman who'd circumvent a change in law and undergo an abortion.

He said he hadn't decided what the punishment should be yet.

How 'bout 'cliterectomy'?

Fit the punishment to the crime!