The Fourth GOP Debate Takes On Donald Trump

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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As the former President skips another Republican debate, his rivals go after his age, his record, and his fitness for office. But did Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis or Chris Christie say anything that will change the polling as the Iowa caucus nears? Plus, the Senate fails to pass a bill with Ukraine and Israel aid, but why won't Joe Biden help by cutting a deal on immigration and the border? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.6	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:37.0	Republican presidential candidates debate Donald Trump in his absence as the Democratic Senate
0:45.4	fails to pass a bill with aid for Ukraine and Israel.
0:49.1	Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.
0:52.4	We're joined today by my colleagues. from Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.
0:52.6	We're joined today by my colleagues,
0:54.6	columnist Bill McGurn, and editorial board member
0:58.0	Kate Batchelder Odell.
1:00.5	40 days from the Iowa caucus, the fourth Republican primary debate finally got around to a sustained conversation about the elephant in the room or not in the room as the case may be.
1:12.0	Donald Trump, it was a section of several minutes long
1:15.6	of a two hour debate, but maybe a good start,
1:18.2	although if a little late.
1:20.0	Let us start with Nicky Haley,
1:21.9	who many are seeing now as the polling leader and the candidate
1:25.5	with momentum, making the case that she and not Donald Trump is the right candidate for this moment.
1:31.2	Our country is in chaos.
1:33.6	We see it on the southern border.
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