We live blogged the event last night, you can see all that here. But we’ll break out some of the highlights of the night, and this was certainly a good one. Cruz, when allowed to talk and not cut off, is always the smartest one on the stage. This time he went beyond smart to connect.

Via Politico:

Republican pollster Frank Luntz says Ted Cruz’s attack on the media scored 97/98 out of 100 with a live dial group Luntz is conducting in Des Moines: “I started dialing debates in 1996. That is the highest primary debate score I’ve ever registered. … He said what every conservative has been thinking. And he said it so well. … They really hate these moderators.”