Wednesday Debate Thread

Let's watch Republicans be weird and scary together!

Hello readers! The normal newsletter cadence for Off Message, at least in these early days, will be: written newsletters on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, video Tuesday, and an AMA on Thursday. But for now I thought we might try something a little different and hopefully more fun: If you’re a news junkie or a masochist or are professionally obligated to watch the GOP presidential debate tonight, join me here in the comments thread, and I’ll answer your questions as we go. Then I’ll send over a little impromptu bonus goodie on Thursday. You in? Hopefully at least a few of you so that I’m not alone, sad, hangdog, feeling like a failure. Doors at 9 p.m. eastern!

Update! Let’s chat under my organizing comment here.