Christie Excels, Jindal Goes Rabid

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Going in, Chris Christie was the guy to watch at the undercard debate. He’s moving in New Hampshire, he handled his relegation with grit, and people are finally starting to see what a talent he is.

Clearly, he wanted to replicate what Carly Fiorina did in the first kids’ table debate by focusing exclusively on Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and avoid getting dragged into scuffles with the other candidates. He wanted to talk directly to voters and show them how tough he’d be in a general election match-up.

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