For Tim Scott, the Debate Was the Moment That Wasn’t

Senator Tim Scott, Republican of South Carolina, arrived in New Hampshire on Friday for the start of a six-day, three-state blitz — the most extensive campaign swing since announcing his run for the White House.

But any momentum Mr. Scott had hoped to bring was as missing as he was during long stretches of the first Republican primary debate on Wednesday.

During the two-hour debate in Milwaukee, Mr. Scott spoke for only 8 minutes 15 seconds,…