9:15 PM: Watching Rubio on the split screen as Cruz is calling him a liar, he looks weak, uncertain.
9:17 PM: The mix of hyperbole, fear, demands for people to be more afraid is simply crazy. You get used to it if you watch this campaign day in and day out. But it’s worth stepping back and just recognizing that. We’re not in World War III. ISIS will not destroy America. ISIS is not the most sophisticated terrorist group in history.
9:25 PM: Let’s absorb this. If you have one or two people operating independently, self-radicalized, operating as lone-wolves, it’s going to be hard to find every single person like that. This is obvious. It is worth saying this so that we can avoid being totally stupid.
9:30 PM: Also notable, US Attorneys prosecute counter-terrorism cases. But they’re not heads of counter-terrorism in a state like Chris Christie pretends.
9:32 PM: Not sure Ted Cruz understands what ‘carpet bomb’ means.
