Last night's cacophonists and chaotic Republican presidential primary debate ended with one of the wildest questions ever posed in any presidential debate.

None of you have indicated that you're dropping out.

So, which one of you on stage tonight should be voted off the island?

Please use your marker to write your choice on the no-pad in front of you 15 seconds starting now of the people on the stage.

You should be, I'm absolutely serious.

I mean, we're here, we're happy to debate, but I think that that's disrespectful to my fellow competitors.

Nobody wants to participate.

Let's talk about the future of the country.

There's a good answer from DeSantis, that was the smart way to play it.

It was funny as Christie then went along and he said, yeah, we don't want to participate.

But he was the first one when she said it.

He just starts writing down on his board.

But okay, then they said, no, we don't want to participate at all.

It's a terrible, terrible question.

And everyone now is attacking Dana Perino for that game show question.

I, however, thought the question was basically appropriate.

It's not appropriate for a presidential debate, but it is appropriate for whatever last night was.

Because last night was not a presidential primary debate.

Because nobody on that stage is likely to be the Republican nominee for president.

The front runner, the far and away front runner, the front runner by 40, maybe 50 points, was absent.

And so the entire debate was a little bit more than a mildly entertaining side show.

I'm Michael Niles, this is the Michael Niles show.

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