Carly Fiorina hit a walk-off homer, helium is leaking from Ben Carson’s balloon and Scott Walker’s candidacy is on life support, according to the Republicans in Iowa who will cast the first votes of the nominating contest in less than five months.
Oh, and Donald J. Trump is still Donald J. Trump — what did you expect?
A sampling of a dozen Iowans on Thursday who watched the second Republican debate — all of them close followers of the presidential race who are uncommitted — did not vary from the emerging national consensus about Mrs. Fiorina’s performance. CONT.
Trip Gabriel, New York Times