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The media this morning are filled with reactions and assessments of the GOP candidate performances in last night’s debate, and as usual there’s a clear consensus on a couple of candidates as far as who won and who lost, and a range of conflicting opinions on several others. Here is part of what National Journal had to say:

The Whole Room Hated the Media, but Who Else Lost the Republican Presidential Debate?

WIN­NERS

Marco Ru­bio

Even Rubio’s closest confidants wouldn’t have believed the debate could go so ... Read More >>

The CNBC debate featured a little — though not a lot — of policy substance. It also featured a lot of clashes between moderators and candidates. When the dust settled, the presidential field looked potentially reshaped.

HOW’D THEY DO? The third Republican presidential debate on Wednesday night in Colorado saw the candidates revolt against the the CNBC moderators for the series of negative questions thrown at them early in the two-hour event.

Iowans agree: Rubio shines, CNBC the big loser in GOP debate

Among Iowans watching Wednesday night’s Republican presidential candidate debate, the assessment was unanimous.

The big loser was CNBC, the cable news network that broadcast the third official forum of the campaign.

USA TODAY GOP Power Rankings: Carson is the new king

Ben Carson has overtaken Donald Trump for the first time in USA TODAY’s GOP Power Rankings, deemed the strongest candidate in the Republican field this week by our panel of political experts.

Winners and losers from the third Republican presidential debate

Ten Republican candidates spent two-plus hours trading rhetorical jabs in the third GOP presidential debate in Boulder, Colo. Marco Rubio won; Jeb Bush lost. Also, some others.