Analysis of the First GOP Presidential Debate and Trumps Absence
b'Guests:\\xa0\\nGeoff Kabaservice is a historian of the Republican Party and the Director of Political Studies at the Niskanen Center.\\xa0 He is the author of Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, from Eisenhower to the Tea Party.\\xa0\\nJohn Nichols is the national affairs correspondent for The Nation Magazine. His latest book co-written with Senator Bernie Sanders, is It\\u2019s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism.\\nHis latest pieces on the GOP campaign in The Nation are:\\nTonight\\u2019s GOP Debate Could Put the Final Nail in Ron DeSantis\\u2019s Political Coffin. Trump has trashed DeSantis for months. Yet the Florida governor apparently plans to defend Trump in the debate. Dumb move!\\nTrump\\u2019s (Still) the One: Despite the Georgia indictments\\u2014and all his other legal troubles\\u2014Democrats are still going to have to beat him next November.\\nThe post Analysis of the First GOP Presidential Debate and Trump\\u2019s Absence appeared first on KPFA.'