CNBC Boulder, CO 1st tier GOP debate @8pm Eastern **live commentary thread**

[Mr. Morden]

CNBC will broadcast two debates this evening, live from the University of Colorado in Boulder.  The second debate will begin at 8pm ET and feature these guys:



http://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/third-gop-2016-debate-colorado-when-is-it-215162

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John Harwood, Becky Quick, and Carl Quintanilla will moderate the debate.

This thread will be unlocked later tonight.  Until then, use the early debate thread for pre-game commentary.

[Mr. Morden]

Is there a stream of the debate?

http://www.hulkusc.com/watch-cnbc-live-stream/

[Mr. Morden]

Does anyone know how to disable the "new replies have been posted, are you sure you want to post" warning? It makes it nearly impossible to post during live debate threads

Yes, go to your profile page, go to "look and layout preferences" on the lefthand side.  Then select “Don't warn on new replies made while posting", and click the "change profile" button.

[Mr. Morden]

The moderators should badger all of the candidates until they give a real weakness.  Take up the whole debate on this until they answer. 

[Mr. Morden]

CNBC wants a do-over on the H1B visa question.

[Mr. Morden]

I think one of the biggest headlines of the night is the fact that, aside from Kasich's opening question, none of the other candidates is attacking Trump or Carson, nor are they attacking each other.  Trump's also not really attacking the other candidates, except in very veiled ways, like his criticism of Super PACs.

[Mr. Morden]

Kasich uses the word "disintermediate".  Is that a real word?

EDIT: Apparently it is!:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disintermediation

[Mr. Morden]

This is an economics debate, and they're asking about daily fantasy sports, but have asked zero questions about trade?

Seems odd that they're not talking about trade at all, given that there are actually differences between the candidates on it.

[Mr. Morden]

Rubio confused about how many candidates are on stage.

[Mr. Morden]

Rubio stakes out a bold pro-his mother stance.

[Mr. Morden]

when did the debate actually start? Trump demanded only 2 hours, will he walk off stage at the 120 minute mark?

I think it started at about 8:15pm.

[Mr. Morden]

Speaking time as of about 10 minutes ago:

https://twitter.com/nprpolitics/status/659551379518787584

Debate clock:
Rubio: 8:44
Fiorina: 8:37
Kasich: 8:06
Trump: 7:44
Cruz: 6:52
Christie: 6:30
Huckabee: 5:47
Carson: 5:28
Paul: 5:03
Bush: 4:56

[Mr. Morden]

Did Fiorina get some scattered laughs in the audience when she said that they wanted a Clinton-Fiorina debate?

[Mr. Morden]

Fivethirtyeight tallies the # of questions for each candidate (not sure how this handles rebuttals):

[Mr. Morden]

Twitter followers gained tonight:

https://twitter.com/ddiamond/status/659555158809042944

Carson +6.2k
Rubio +4.2k
Trump +3.5k
Fiorina +1.5k
Cruz +1.3k
Kasich +.8k
Paul +.7k
Bush +.7k
Huck +.4k

[Mr. Morden]

Final speaking time as tallied by NPR:

https://twitter.com/nprpolitics/status/659557489755734016

Fiorina: 10:32
Rubio: 10:10
Kasich: 9:42
Trump: 9:26
Christie: 8:31
Huckabee: 7:39
Cruz: 7:34
Carson: 7:02
Bush: 6:39
Paul: 6:15