What Might Have Been

By William Kristol

Published January 29, 2016 5:09am ET

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What Might Have Been — Watching the Republican debate tonight, I couldn’t help but think, “For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: ‘It might have been!'” What we saw tonight was what the Republican race might have been without Donald Trump. The debate was substantive, the candidates were reasonable, a viewer didn’t feel embarrassed […]

Watching the Republican debate tonight, I couldn’t help but think,

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