Republican Voters Declare Rand Paul The Biggest Loser in Thursday’s Debate

[DonViejo]

By: Keith Brekhus
Friday, August, 7th, 2015, 9:32 pm

A Gravis Marketing post-debate poll released on August 7th found that according to registered Republican voters, Rand Paul was the biggest loser in Thursday’s GOP debate. 67 percent of Republicans said they had a less favorable opinion of Senator Paul after the debate, compared to a mere 14 percent who said their opinion of Rand Paul was more favorable after the debate.

Only 3 percent of Republicans felt Rand Paul won the debate, while 34 percent thought he gave the worst performance in the ten candidate field. Rand Paul emerged as the clear loser in the debate, while retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson came out as the winner of the debate, according to the Gravis Marketing poll.

Rand Paul engaged in contentious clashes with GOP front-runner Donald Trump and with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, and Senator Paul ended up on the losing end of both testy exchanges. He came across as cranky and petty, and in so doing, he allowed more affable candidates like Ben Carson and Marco Rubio to present themselves as likable alternatives.

While the Fox debate moderators were clearly gunning to take down Donald Trump, it was Rand Paul who ended up stumbling out of the gate and damaging his political chances going forward. Part of Senator Paul’s failure was due to his demeanor, but he also fell victim to his libertarian philosophical positions.

Republican voters talk a good game about defending personal liberty, but when given the choice between security and liberty, GOP voters demonstrate time and again, that appeals to fear will win them over in greater number than appeals to personal liberty.

http://www.politicususa.com/2015/08/07/republican-voters-declare-rand-paul-biggest-loser-thursdays-debate.html

[Gothmog]

1. Rand Paul will not be the GOP nominee

Rand Paul is a very weak candidate is not very bright

[davidpdx]

2. I agree, Paul did not do well

Other than that, I disagree with the results. My other observations:

I think because of body language and generally being uncomfortable, that Scott Walker did not do well either.

Kasich beat expectations and would I would have expected him to be higher on the "who won" side.

Trump ran his mouth too much and should been higher on the "who lost" side and lower on the "who won" side.

Huckabee did not do that well and should have been lower on the "who won" side.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

3. Rand Paul looked like someone invited to a party who didn't want to be there

Scott Walker looked like an android with a fixed stare who had no emotion and no human reaction to any question. Huckabee was clearly the Fox favori0te and he got nothing, nothing but softball questions and was pronounced the winner by Frank Luntz' completely fabricated focus group and by the pereniallly constipated Charles Krauthamer.

[calimary]

4. Most of the "chattering class" seems to like marco rubio.

As to WHY, I have no idea. I kept looking at him and watching him and wondering if he'd even started shaving yet. NO gravitas. NOTHING Presidential. No heft. Nothing. Tremendously underwhelming. I cannot envision him on ANY kind of world stage. He reeks of rookie.

rand paul kept reminding me of this annoying little yappy and ill-tempered Chihuahua that one of the neighbors down the street owns. Whenever it gets out, it starts trying to corner you and bite you in the ankles. Nasty little rat dog! Yep, that pretty much sums up rand paul for me. Neither of them earned a slot in the "Not Ready for 'The Not Ready for Prime Time Players'."

[AndreaCG]

5. The end of the article suggests that Rand Paul run on the Libertarian line

I heartily agree!!! The majority of his voters would not be democratic defectors, not with his stand against reproductive rights.