Published on Mar 3, 2016
The
11th Republican presidential debate of the 2016 race will feature
candidates Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and John Kasich squaring
off in Detroit tonight. The debate is being run by Fox News. NJ Advance
Media will be bringing you live updates, beginning just before 9 p.m.
What to watch for? Here's a take from the Associated Press:
Ben
Carson's departure from the GOP presidential race means the quartet of
remaining Republicans on the debate stage Thursday night get more time
for attacks as Donald Trump treads a path to the GOP nomination and his
three rivals try to trip him up. Cheered on by many Republican leaders,
Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and John Kasich are racing the primary clock to
March 15, likely their last chance to stop Trump in a series of
winner-take-all contests.
At campaign events in the past week,
Rubio made sometimes crude jokes about everything from Trump's tan to
the size of his hands — he even suggested that the billionaire wet his
pants at the last debate. Look for whether a newly confident Rubio,
emboldened by his first primary win in Minnesota Tuesday, keeps it up or
takes a more statesmanlike approach.
And what to expect from
Trump? "I can't act overly presidential because I'm going to have people
attacking from every side. A very good man, Ben Carson's not there
anymore, so now we're going to have more time for the fighting," he
said. "When people are hitting you from different angles, from all
different angles, unfortunately you have to hit back. I would have a
very, very presidential demeanor when I win, but until such time, you
have to hit back," he told NBC on Thursday.
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