Candidates shout over each other for relevance in second GOP debate: ANALYSIS
Who won the second Republican primary debate? As the non-Trump candidates sought relevance, they often squabbled with one another In a broad field overshadowed by a runaway front-runner, too many choices can mean too few. And too many voices can make for a mess. Those facts contributed to a whole lot of noise -- alongside a few cringey jokes -- at the second Republican primary debate of the 2024 cycle, on Wednesday night in California. What it means for the state of the race remains to be seen: Donald Trump's challengers say it's still wide open ... and his supporters say it's already pretty much a done deal. That urgency was reflected in candidates who often disregarded the debate rules and talked over each other to grab speaking time, sometimes shifting strategies since the first debate, last month. They attacked President Joe Biden and also former President Trump -- the absent leader in the polls -- but often less than they attacked each other, on spending records, bus...