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ByJuliePace and Jill Colvin The Associated Press DES MOINES, IOWA Absent Donald Trump, the Repub- lican presidential candi- dates strained to take ad- vantage of a rare oppor- tunity to step out of the front-runner's shadow in Thursday night's debate — a staid, policy-heavy con- test that offered a glimpse of what the GOP contest might have been without the unpredictable business- man. Still, the candidates couldn't resist mocking Trump for boycotting the final debate before Iowa kicks off voting in the 2016 campaign on Monday. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who is locked in a tight con- test with Trump in Iowa, opened the debate with a sarcastic impression of the real estate mogul's frequent insults of his opponents. "I'm a maniac and ev- eryone on this stage is stu- pid, fat and ugly," Cruz said. Then he thanked his fel- low candidates for show- ing Iowa voters respect by showing up. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a frequent target of Trump, said with a wry smile, "I kind of miss Don- ald Trump; he was a teddy bear to me." Never one to go quietly, Trump was holding a com- peting rally elsewhere in Des Moines, an event his campaign said was rais- ing money for military vet- erans. "When you're treated badly, you have to stick up for your rights," Trump said in explaining he was skip- ping the debate because he felt Fox News had dealt with him unfairly. Broadening his point, he said, "We have to stick up for ourselves as people and we have to stick up for our country if we're being mistreated." Trump's absence put the spotlight on Cruz, who is challenging for the lead in Iowa, as well as on Flor- ida Sen. Marco Rubio, who needs a strong showing in the state to stay competi- tive. The two senators en- gaged in a lengthy debate on immigration, one of the most contentious issues among Republicans. Both have been accused of shift- ing their stances on legal- izing some of those in the United States illegally, a position opposed by many GOP voters. Cruz accused Rubio of making a "politically ad- vantageous" decision to support a 2013 Senate bill that included a pathway to citizenship, while the Flor- ida senator said his rival was "willing to say or do anything to get votes." In a rare standout de- bate moment for Bush, the former Florida governor sharply sided with Cruz in accusing Rubio of having "cut and run" on the Sen- ate immigration bill. "He cut and ran because it wasn't popular with con- servatives," Bush said. With their White House hopes on the line, the can- didates worked hard to cast themselves as best prepared to be commander in chief and take on terror threats emanating both from abroad and within the United States. Rubio struck an aggres- sive posture, pledging that as president he would go after terrorists "wherever they are. And if we capture them alive, we're sending them to Guantanamo." Ru- bio also stood by his previ- ous calls for shutting down mosques in the U.S if there were indications that the Muslim religious centers were being used to radical- ize terrorists. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul — back on the main debate stage after being downgraded to an under- card event because of low poll numbers earlier this month — warned against closing down mosques. A proponent of a more isola- tionist foreign policy, Paul also raised concerns about the U.S. getting involved militarily in Syria, where the Islamic State group has a stronghold. The candidates largely sidestepped direct confron- tations with each other, fo- cusing some of their most pointed attacks on Demo- cratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. "She is not qualified to be president of the United States," New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said. "What we need is someone on that stage who has been tested who has been through it." Christie is part of a crowded field of more main- stream candidates who have struggled to break through in an election year where Trump, and increas- ingly Cruz, have tapped into voter anger with the polit- ical system. Party leaders have grown increasingly antsy for some of the more traditional candidates to step aside after the first contests to allow one to rise up and challenge for the nomination. Asked whether the crowded establishment lane was putting Trump in po- sition to be the nominee, Bush said, "We're just start- ing out. The first vote hasn't been counted. Why don't we let the process work?" REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE Ca nd id at es m oc k Tr um p, t ry t o ma ke m os t of h is a bs en ce CHARLIENEIBERGALL—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Republican presidential candidate Ohio Gov. John Kasich, right, answers a question as, le to right, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Sen. 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