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

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Anyone got a stream? The one posted isn't working. PM me if it's illegal to post.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

That was awful, Kasich.

But it's a bad question. They thought it would be a fun one, but everyone is just looking like a big worm. Trump actually had the best, most honest answer.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Carly!

[HagridOfTheDeep]

So here's another debate that's just dedicated to trouncing the outsiders, I see. It's becoming transparent.

Trump held his own though, I have to say.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Broken record Kasich. Sigh.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

CNBC needs to prevent people from speaking out randomly. This is just silly.

Actually, I think they need to do the opposite. Just let them have at it.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

CNBC needs to prevent people from speaking out randomly. This is just silly.

Actually, I think they need to do the opposite. Just let them have at it.

Yeah, if you don't have control, than don't try to control it. It is making the panel into the real losers of the debate.

It really is offputting. Very badly moderated.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

It is uncomfortable to watch. Why did the RNC choose them, again? I hate more than half the people on this stage, but the moderators are making me hate them and their team even more.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

This debate is criminal. It'll be over and Trump will have said almost nothing.

Hi President Clinton.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Out of curiosity, after this last hour do any of you really believe the next president of the United States is standing on this stage? Who the hell emerges from this looking sensible and presidential?

[HagridOfTheDeep]

The same old question about bankruptcy. Seriously? Ask something new for Christ's sake.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I wonder what the debate producers are whispering in the moderators ears. Things seem to have changed.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I predict an establishment battle between Rubio and Christie sometime down the line. They're the only ones who could inspire any kind of confidence in "old stock" 'pubs.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

92% of jobs lost in Obama's first term were jobs filled by women? Is that true?

[HagridOfTheDeep]

These damn moderators. It is so, so clear whose side they're on, and it's going to backfire tremendously.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I hope someone in their closing statement calls this the worst moderated debate they have ever seen. Because it's certainly the worst one I've ever witnessed.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I am convinced that the best moves some of these candidates could make for these campaigns would be to walk off the stage. This is ridiculous. I would look so favourably on even Ted Cruz if he said something like "it's clear this debate is a sham for the political elite Republican establishment" and left.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

So, how astronomically did Rubio win the night?

[HagridOfTheDeep]

It's like Jeb Bush was hardly even here.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I think my GOP pick is Christie now, actually. Maybe we'll see the Christie/Martinez ticket that everyone was touting two (?) years ago.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Paul goes with the unexpected grandparent over-boning slam

Such a stupid thing to say.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Paul is actually a disaster. Could he sound more bored and bitter?

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Christie I think hit it out of the park. And Trump's closing statement was great. Who even is that smarmy moderator? That was a bold-faced lie he just told about the debate always going to be two hours.