Milwaukee: Republican Debate.

I just watched the Republican debate. Frankly, I thought they all did well. Most of them were as good on offense as defense. Ramaswamy looked out of his league: some of his positions were ridiculous, amateurist and seemingly improvised. He showed, quite obviously, how he knows nothing about foreign policy, hence his nutty position on Ukraine. 

But one guy fared worse than Ramaswamy and his name is Trump. It was a big mistake not to show up. He got blasted but good by Christie and others. 

You could tell by the booing of Pence, Christie and others that the Trump lustre is rapidly fading, even among some Republicans. It wasn't the whole room that booed for Trump. Far from it. That means Trump is already in trouble and you can bet your last dollar that what happened tonight will make damned sure that Trump shows up at the second debate. It's the beginning of panic time for the Trump campaign. Good going, genius...it's starting to slowly slip all away. [Smiling.]