Western Journal

Are we heading to civil war?

American Spectator

There are numerous reasons why Trump & Co. smelled a rat, stood athwart the official election results, and yelled, “Stop!”

PJ Media

What we are seeing from these Trump-hating prosecutors is a lot of snot-bubble-tantrum acting out.

Fox News

Probably the best lineup for the Republican Party is pretty clear – they likely would do best with DeSantis as their nominee and Scott as vice president (or vice versa). Haley would be the obvious choice for Secretary of State. Christie as attorney general.   Ramaswamy is in the Pete Buttigieg seat and would get secretary of Transportation.

Big League Politics

Undoubtedly, Trump remains the Republican Party’s strongest draw. Only those who are in complete denial don’t recognize this harsh reality.  If the GOP is to survive as a viable political entity, it must stand behind Trump and his nationalist message.

WND

Future presidential candidates will have a different take on media driven and orchestrated televised debates versus individual interviews in which the candidate has time to develop an idea and advocate for it. The substantive discussions will be delivered via the internet.

European Conservative

The candidates looked more like contestants on Trump’s business reality television program The Apprentice than serious alternative contenders for the highest office in the land.

National Review

Every vote Ramaswamy gets is denied to some other non-Trump contender who might be a more serious threat to the former president.

Washington Times

Newt Gingrich: Ramaswamy won because he was attractive, interesting, and just plain different from the traditional politicians on the stage.

American Greatness

DeSantis is most likely to defeat Biden.

Townhall

Despite years of Biden family and media disinformation, we are finally learning that President Joe Biden really did fire Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin for looking into state corruption involving the oil company Burisma and Hunter Biden -- and ultimately Joe Biden himself.

Washington Times

While there was no frontrunner on the stage, the pack of candidates jockeying for a chance to springboard to the lead threw punches and punchlines, and many of them centered on 38-year-old tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, whose surprisingly strong polling numbers placed him at center stage.

Wall Street Journal

Without Trump, the candidates could fight about their policies.

Newsmax

The candidates pushed back.

Fox News

Probably Donald Trump won the first Republican presidential debate as the conflict did little to consolidate the field around one or two choices as the gaggle of candidates struggled with the difficult questions of what to do about issues like abortion, climate change and a possibly convicted Trump.