[WASHINGTONPOST] Donald Trump may top the polls in the contest for the Republican presidential nomination, but this week's debate was a reminder that the party has able rivals who eventually could take him down -- and who also could mount a stiff challenge to Hillary Rodham Clinton... sometimes described as
The Liberatress of Libyaand at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as
Another Charles Evans Hughes...
in the general election.
Trump performed in typical style Thursday in the two-hour debate -- the same style that has helped him blow past the other candidates. But as the campaigns broke camp here Friday morning, the smiles on the faces of other candidates' advisers told the fuller story of what happened on the stage at the Quicken Loans Arena.