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The second 2015 GOP debate took place at Simi Valley, California on September 16th, 2015. A little over a month since the last debate, many of the candidates were eager to get more air time and go up in the polls. Every candidates goal for the evening was to try and make strong points and appeal to the people of America on the road to the 2016 presidency. The eleven candidates that took part in the debate on CNN were Scott Walker, Donald Trump, Marc Rubio, Rand Paul,  John Kasich, Mike Huckabee, Carly Fiorina, Ted Cruz, Chris Christie, Jeb Busch, and Ben Carson. The debate was the highest-rated broadcast in CNN history with 23 million viewers. The main highlights of the night were Iran, abortion, Carly Fiorina, Donald Trump and much more.

Many of the candidates took to trashing each other on things the other candidates have said and on other candidates past achievements or lack there of. Carly Fiorina was the main standout of the debate. She did a fantastic job of defending her appearance after Donald Trump's negative comments towards her. Her true character showed after her moving words on her stepdaughter that passed away due to drug abuse. Fiorina then continued to help herself in the polls by denouncing abortion and showing her intentions for it if elected. I thought Fiorina did a fantastic job of hurting Trump's appeal towards women voters and raising her popularity with well spoken points.

Donald Trump continued to bring tons of entertainment with his campaign. He has done a great job of stirring up the other Republican candidates and making them worried and aggressive. Trump had numerous battles with Jeb Bush throughout the night which helped and hurt both at the same time. Trump's views on immigration led to Bush asking Trump for an apology on his comments towards his wife as well. For the rest of the debate, Trump didn't seem very eager to jump in on discussions about real matters. Trump spent most the time defending himself or insulting other candidates, however Trump is still the most popular candidate currently.

The rest of the pack had many positives and negatives. The Iran Deal was a huge topic for Mike Huckabee and Nelson Cruz to talk about. They both gave their own opinions for why they hate the deal and what they would do if elected in office to help the Western civilization against nuclear weapons. All the candidates had mixed opinions on foreign policy. Marc Rubio explained how Putin is a "gangster" in Russia while Trump believed he would get along very well with Putin. This gives voters different views to consider on candidates foreign policies. 

The Republican candidates have many mixed opinions and views that make dividing the pack very difficult. Ben Carson and Chris Christie had solid points to contribute but neither of them helped themselves in the polls. Many candidates spoke about personal experiences to connect with viewers and try to rise from the pack. About a year from the election, the GOP debates are proving more of pure entertainment rather than conversations on serious matters from our future countries leader. The candidates are still in very preliminary stages for a long presidential run and a hopeful career for one as President. The next few debates will hopefully prove more showing and hopeful than the last two.

The link below is for a video that provides a summary of the second GOP debate. The video focuses on main points from the night and other drama that arouse as the debate continued.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XLQIy0bBdg 

The link to the picture below is a great summary of the night. We see Donald Trump and his punching bag Jeb Bush arguing. Bush seems to be Trump's favorite target to go after so far in this campaign. This was one of many times in the night the two were seen arguing and going at each other. 

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