No One Performed Better Than Carly Fiorina in Second Republican Debate
Ben Carson also shined. Jeb Bush held his own. No one, however, delivered Trump a knockout blow.
ICYMI: The GOP Debate in 3 Minutes
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Businesswoman Carly Fiorina fought her way into Wednesday's Republican debate, hosted by CNN, by getting the network to change its inclusion standards. It was a gutsy and fateful move. Millions watched her dazzle in, and sometimes dominate, the marathon session held at the Reagan presidential library in Simi Valley, California.
Two other outsider candidates, polling front-runners Donald Trump and Ben Carson, played to type and to their strengths—and neither is likely to be hurt by their performances. Carson, in fact, might have even done himself some good.