The winners in last night's GOP debate? The Fox News Channel was the biggest. The cable network's moderators asked questions that were reasonably tough, well-researched, and less flawed than is typical. America could always do a lot better when it comes to what is asked of its presidential candidates. Relatively speaking, however, kudos are owed, even if former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson got a silly question about what reality TV show he would host if given the chance. (He flubbed it too -- the answer is clearly "The Amazing Race.")
Libertarians had a great night too: they accounted for two-fifths of the people on stage for the only time in memory, and were allowed to make their points without being attacked because none of the other candidates saw them as a threat. As a result, Fox News viewers heard unrebutted and lengthy arguments for ending the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, as well as ending the war on drugs. Has that ever happened before on America's top rated cable news network?
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