Cruz now hitting the anti-Wall Street note very hard in post-debate invtvu. Isn’t that the magic move people like me have been calling for?

Cruz just made a gesture with his hands that made him seem likeable. Deeply disturbing.

If I were paranoid (which I am) I’d say that @rupertmurdoch was very happy with that. (But Cruz spoiled it, a bit) twitter.com/AudaciousEpigo…

Was that @MariaBartiromo saying “He’s funny” into the mic after Rubio’s closing statement? Didn’t help Rubio.

Well, you can’t say Trump’s closing statement was pre-scripted …

Odd, truncated closing statement from Jeb. It’s as if he said “aw, eff__ it!” Donors not reassured!

Rubio’s unnecessarily canned Hillary/resume answer gets huge applause. Proof the hall is packed with the Marcoklatura.

Expectations built up for a Rubio breakthrough. So far, no. Paul did better. Cruz did much better. (again, so far). twitter.com/davidfrum/stat…

Why telegraph this punch so Rubio will be ready for it when Cruz finally mentions him by name? Hit him now! twitter.com/ByronYork/stat…

Kasich gets reined in once out of 3 or 4 times he’s out of bounds–and he whines about it next answer. Is he, you know, thin-skinned maybe?

Moderators like horse smelling the barn–now see how they can get thru rest of debate without talking about immigration again

I think this is the biggest “news” so far–Cruz finally stepping up to steal Trump’s popular issue. twitter.com/AnnCoulter/sta…

Too late to get this line to @realDonaldTrump? #zinger twitter.com/AnnCoulter/sta…

If Cruz doesn’t attack Rubio by name when attacking sugar subsidies, that must be a (bizarre) conscious decision by Cruz.

Rubio a wind-up doll with his little canned speeches.

Rubio has disappeared. I hope he’s dumb enough to try to answer Cruz on immigration.

The night is young, I hope. twitter.com/AlecMacGillis/…

Cruz kept waiting for anti-amnesty applause that shld have come but didn’t. Leads me to suspect hall again stacked with RNC amnesty fans

Very good Cruz immigration answer. Would have been more effective if he’d denounced Rubio/Jeb/Kasich by name.

So according to Jeb we shouldn’t even debate deportation? Did he go to U. Missouri?

.@realDonaldTrump could have worked immigration into that 1st answer! Best wage support is tight labor market–don’t flood it unnecessarily

Cardenas is the man who tried to shut down any immigration debate–i.e. no amnesty skepticism–at CPAC twitter.com/kausmickey/sta…

The continuing humiliation of Al Cardenas would be a happy side-benefit of an ongoing Jebacle! twitter.com/ByronYork/stat…

Don’t need thorough! Just nail Rubio down on “temp” legalization point. It’s key demand LaRaza Dems won’t give up twitter.com/jskdn/status/6…

And overall death rate’s plateaued since 2005–but still higher than 1999. Supposed to be going in other direction twitter.com/DLeonhardt/sta…