But the good news is they trumped MSNBC and CNN's partial coverage of Donald Trump's thinly-disguised political rally.
Nielsen reports that 12.5 million watched the GOP debate. Not sure how many people watched CNN or Chris Matthews but I am certain they had audiences one could describe as select and distinguished.
Trump's ploy probably worked. He has created an image that is bigger than the group in much the same way Jody Foster declined to play in Brat Pack movies. He has antagonized Fox and that will give him cred in some circles. For all the cynicism his media event might generate, Trump did raise 6 million dollars for veterans' causes. His absence from the debate made second place Ted Cruz the flack catcher.
The big question now is, stop me if you heard this one, Trump's ground game. We shall see.
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Not participating was a stroke of genius...
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