--- title: Republican Debate: Watch It In Less Than Four Minutes description: The Republican presidential candidates slugged it out Saturday in the New Hampshire debate. canonical: https://time.com/4211030/republican-debate-four-minutes/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-07T06:32:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T14:50:39.457Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch the Republican Debate in Under Four Minutes og:description: The Republican presidential candidates slugged it out Saturday in the New Hampshire debate. og:url: https://time.com/4211030/republican-debate-four-minutes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt685f86424f9a843f/69887c82cd1bbaff846ff4cb/timepol-gop-republican-debate-new-hampshire-221.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIMEPOL GOP Debate og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the Republican Debate in Under Four Minutes twitter:description: The Republican presidential candidates slugged it out Saturday in the New Hampshire debate. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt685f86424f9a843f/69887c82cd1bbaff846ff4cb/timepol-gop-republican-debate-new-hampshire-221.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch the Republican Debate in Under Five Minutes by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Feb 7, 2016 6:32 AM UTC  Audience members attend a Republican presidential debate on Feb. 6, 2016, in Manchester, N.H. Audience members attend a Republican presidential debate on Feb. 6, 2016, in Manchester, N.H.Nate Gowdy for TIME by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Feb 7, 2016 6:32 AM UTC The Republican presidential candidates slugged it out once again Saturday in the New Hampshire debate. Republicans were making their first appearance together since the Iowa caucus, where Ted Cruz won a key victory over front-runner Donald Trump. Marco Rubio, who took a surprise third place in the Hawkeye State, was put to the test by his opponents, while the three governors in the race — New Jersey’s Chris Christie, Ohio chief executive John Kasich, and former Florida Gov. Bush — made the push to separate from one another in a tight race. This is the last time the remaining seven candidates will be on a single stage before voting begins in the New Hampshire primary Tuesday. Watch a recap of the debate above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4211030/republican-debate-four-minutes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4211030/republican-debate-four-minutes/"},"headline":"Watch the Republican Debate in Under Five Minutes","datePublished":"2016-02-07T06:32:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:50:39.457Z","description":"The Republican presidential candidates slugged it out Saturday in the New Hampshire debate.","url":"https://time.com/4211030/republican-debate-four-minutes/","keywords":["Debates","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt685f86424f9a843f/69887c82cd1bbaff846ff4cb/timepol-gop-republican-debate-new-hampshire-221.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt685f86424f9a843f/69887c82cd1bbaff846ff4cb/timepol-gop-republican-debate-new-hampshire-221.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TIMEPOL GOP Debate","caption":"TIMEPOL GOP Debate","creditText":"Nate Gowdy for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/debates/","name":"Debates"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4211030/republican-debate-four-minutes/","name":"Watch the Republican Debate in Under Five Minutes"}}]}] ```