Interesting, isn't it, that among the "law and order" party candidates, when asked who would still support Trump if he was convicted in a court of law, Ramasawmy's hand flew right up, with Haley, Scott, and Burgam a split second behind him. DeSantis quickly scanned the others and saw four hands up and raised his hand. Pence, who Trump encouraged his supporters to kill, saw DeSantis raise his hand and raised his own. Christie did some weird hand/thumb thing and only Hutchinson kept his hands down.

That was the memorable moment of the night.

Other observations:

The moderators were dreadful.

Every man dressed exactly like Trump (blue suit, red tie).

Why was DeSantis yelling and screeching all the time? And he is sooooo awkward. I'd suggest DeSantis smile more; that is, if he didn't have the Chandler Bing "smile curse": friends.fandom.com - The One With The Engagement Picture

Pence has no path forward.

Ramasawmy will be declared the winner by most republicans. As Tom Nichols observed: "Ramaswamy is the offensive, idiotic counter-cultural candidate willing to say things just to piss people off, and so of course he's the immediate fave among a GOP that instantly loves anyone that sensible people would find appalling." He's auditioning for VP.

Haley was the least bad. But saying DeSantis, Pence and Scott voted to raise the debt and "Donald Trump added $8 trillion to our debt" is not going to be a winning message, except for Biden, who immediately turned it into a reelection ad: X (Twitter): Joe Biden on X: "What she said. https://t.co/GvDRWUI1hK" / X

Scott is playing to an audience of one: himself.

Christie is preaching to the wrong choir.

Burgam and Hutchinson will drop out before the next debate or will not qualify for the stage.

Bottom line: in a few hours no one will remember a word from the debate when Trump is arraigned in Atlanta.