There I Was In An Elevator...

Wouldn't you have loved to be a fly on the wall for this ride? Apparently all ten debaters piled into the same elevator car Thursday night before the debate. Here's how Philip Bump at The Fix blog parses the body language and facial expressions:

Scott Walker, at left, appears giddy, checking out the ceiling. Marco Rubio, behind him, is eyeballing Jeb Bush, who's talking to John Kasich, probably about the travails of governing a key swing state. Next to Kasich, Ben Carson, Chris Christie (in the middle), Huckabee and Ted Cruz are chatting about ... what would those four talk about? Probably the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

And then there are Rand Paul and Donald Trump. Cruz and Huckabee have their backs to the junior senator from Kentucky; Paul has a sly smile, as though he's already looking forward to unleashing the fusillade that he directed at Trump before the questioning even began. And Trump, his signature coiff glowing, has a smirk. He's standing under the Cleveland Cavaliers logo and, though I suspect he's not a huge NBA fan, may be thinking that he's about to be the Golden Haired Warrior that wins the championship on the other guys' home turf.

Mike Huckabee's daughter captured the picture and posted it on Instagram.