Rick Klein: “The doctor is in, and he may be safe. The hottest storyline entering Tuesday night’s Republican debate involves Ben Carson and the multiple storylines involving his personal history. But who will want to take on the good doctor? Seven in 10 Republican view him favorably, in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll. Media bashing, moreover, has intensified in the two weeks since the last debate.”
“Donald Trump may go there, and the risk to his support posed by Carson is real and acute. Trump, though, he seems certain to be alone in wanting combat with the genial Carson, who could easily fade into the background, as he has at previous debates. That will leave additional scrutiny on Jeb Bush, whose attack on Marco Rubio last time around seems only to have backfired. And one thing observers and participants have learned since the last debate: Pay close attention to Ted Cruz, who tends to be a longer game than his rivals on debate stages.”
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