Nothing Was Revealed

Others here at National Review have already passed judgment on last night’s final GOP debate between Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley before the first primary results in the 2024 Republican nomination roll in with next Monday’s Iowa caucuses. Rich Lowry awarded the night to DeSantis on points; Noah Rothman felt that both candidates came away from the turgid and bitterly argued affair diminished. Both are correct, and yet I think it is Audrey Fahlberg who comes closest in many ways to the core truth of this debate: Donald Trump won, simply because he was not (and did not...