It is beyond question that many people who watched the debate last night believe the CNBC moderators were a bit arrogant toward the contenders.

Some pundits opined that the questions were designed not so much to get information, but to create controversy.

Thus, the moderators got hammered.  But not by everyone:

GOV. JOHN KASICH (R-OH): "I think they did a good job tonight. I'm very pleased with - I had time to speak and talk about fantasyland and also talk about my plans, my programs, the things that I know we can do to get the budget balanced and create jobs and fix this country so I'm very appreciative of how they did their job tonight." 

Governor Kasich looking at it from his point of view, which is that candidates like Donald Trump and Ben Carson are not equipped to run the country.  And Mr. Kasich got that point across.

One of the most controversial moments last night was when Jeb Bush criticized Marco Rubio's attendance in the Senate:

FMR. FL GOV. JEB BUSH (R): "Marco, when you signed up for this, this was a six-year term, and you should be showing up to work.  I mean literally, the Senate, what is it, like a French work week?  You get like three days where you have to show up?  You can campaign.  Or just resign and let someone else take the job."

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SEN. MARCO RUBIO (R-FL): "The only reason you're doing it now is because we're running for the same position and someone has convinced you that attacking me is going to help you."

The media seized upon that and today Senator Rubio advanced the story:

RUBIO: "I still have tremendous admiration for him both as a person and what he did as governor of Florida and I'm not going to talk bad about Gov. Bush.  My campaign is not about him.  I'm not running against him or against anyone else."

Now you can decide who won or lost the debate, but there is no question that Jeb Bush is in trouble.

The odds are long that the governor will win the Republican nomination at this point.

Mr. Bush did an excellent job in Florida and is an honest man, but fire in the belly has been lacking.

This time around, GOP voters not only want a president, they want an avenger, someone to dismantle the liberal philosophy.

And on the subject of liberals, it is amusing to see how they framed the debate last night.

Far left crank Dana Milbank wrote in the Washington Post quote:

"Has there ever been a more peevish pack, a more petulant populace, than the 2016 Republican presidential contenders?  The Republicans seem to be testing a strategy of winning by whining."

Liberal columnist Doyle McManus in the L.A. Times, quote:

"Anyone who tuned in hoping that CNBC, a financial network, could force the candidates into clarity on the major economic issues of our time surely went away disappointed."

That was the tone of it - that Republicans are dunderheads and complainers.

It is always astounding to read liberal columnists who totally ignore the disaster that has befallen America, preferring to denigrate opposition to their preconceived points of view no matter what the facts may dictate.

All in all, the Republican debate last night provided some perspective and entertainment.

Next up - a Fox Business Network GOP debate on November 10th.

And that's the memo.