GOP debate: Rubio chokes
It was a defining moment as Rubio’s opponents successfully turned two of his greatest strengths — his eloquence and message discipline — against him in the final debate before the New Hampshire primary, casting the Florida senator as a lightweight leader who has been lifted by little more than lofty and canned rhetoric.
.. [Cruz] advocated for “carpet-bombing” but promised incongruously that it would be “targeted,” as well.
“Kill the enemy and then get the heck out,” Cruz summarized his international doctrine.