Initial Reactions

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A few quick takeaways.

None of the contenders were willing to really go for the jugular and say that Donald Trump lacked the temperament to be commander-in-chief. That was significant.

Second, Trump seemed to get substantially better in this debate over last one. Again, big deal.

For whatever reason, Trump seemed to fade to the background in the last half hour while the others went nuts about killing people abroad. Curious why.

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