DES MOINES, Iowa — There was no last minute change of heart from Donald Trump, who held firm to his boycott of the Republican debate here on Thursday evening.
Despite suggestions that Trump might appear in the end, he went ahead with a separate event about three miles away, where he was joined by fellow presidential candidates Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum fresh from their appearance at the earlier “undercard” debate.
That left the seven candidates on the main stage trying to outdo each other while also seeking to land some punches on a phantom: the absent Trump.
With just four days left before the Iowa caucuses, how did it all shake out?
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Businessman Donald Trump
The GOP front-runner was taking a big gamble by declining to participate in the debate. If one of his rivals — especially Ted Cruz — had hit a few pitches out of the park, Trump’s absence could have seemed like an act of gross political negligence.
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