All of the candidates were strong; even their one-one-one tussles were smoother and not so acrimonious, but substantive. I don't believe that strong one-on-ones are detrimental. Further, people don't get lost in the policy weeds, so in this post I focus on what the selfie voters see.  Appearances matter for them (but not so much for you or me). It's also about persuading the roughly forty-two percent who don't self-identify as conservative or liberal – the centrists. What did they see? Bush: He challenged Trump on Muslim immigration, because sending intolerant signals hurts our building a coalition in the Arab and Islamic world.  All Muslims?  Seriously?  We're not a serious player in the Middle East.  He asked Trump to please change his views.  When Cruz and Rubio were going after each other, he intervened and called them back-benchers. In his close, he said he has a detailed plan to destroy ISIS, and he can...(Read Full Article)