Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley were the big winners of the third Republican presidential debate, but there was still considerable force felt on the part of the candidate who wasn't there Wednesday evening — former President Donald Trump.
That was the opinion of a group of political experts who spoke to Newsmax shortly after the showdown between the five contenders who qualified for the GOP forum.
DeSantis, in Rotterman's view, "was relaxed, on point, and seemed very presidential. He also personalized his answers and had his best night to date." As for Haley, Nichter pointed out the South Carolinian "along with distinguishing herself as a national campaigner in recent weeks, served in Trump's Cabinet."
"Vivek Ramaswamy's contrived attempts at populism by attacking the party and other candidates continued to attract attention but yielded no substance," Prof. Emeritus John Ambrose of J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College in Virginia told Newsmax. "His mini-me Trump imitation seems to have hit a ceiling in potential support.
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