CNBC Caves to Trump Demands, This is Pathetic

The Republican campaigns had an opportunity to air their candidates’ grievances on a conference call hosted yesterday (Oct. 15) by the Republican National Convention and CNBC. The 30 minutes of the 120 minutes he has wrangled from CNBC will be used for commercials and opening and closing statements. They want to limit the debate to two hours, including commercials, and feature opening and closing statements. Donald Trump, however, said he would not show up to the debate unless the network met his demands.

Not so fast, said Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, who declared that under those rules, the real estate billionaire and former reality television star would probably decline to participate.

John Kasich’s surrogate called the whole thing a ‘debacle, ‘ yet said the Ohio governor wouldn’t necessarily boycott it.

On the current state of politics, Romney noted that while a common trope states that Washington can not get anything done, “Washington reflects the people who elected them”.

While his Republican rivals have been hoping that Trump’s candidacy would fade after the initial buzz died down, he remains in first in the polls even after coming down from his September peak.

The economy, 67% of Republicans in Nevada said Trump, 60 points ahead of his next-closest challenger, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina.

Donald Trump is not shy about telling people about his victories and this morning claimed victory over CNBC over the length of the upcoming Republican debate hosted by the network in Boulder, Colorado.

The TIME telephone poll allowed participants to rank the candidates on a variety of traits, including trustworthiness and leadership qualities. “When there are so many issues facing the American people, I think it’s actually quite important”.

‘We have ten candidates on the stage.

“Well, I think apparently they’re anxious about answering questions for three hours”.

The demand for opening and closing statements reflects the candidates’ interest in getting their messages out unchallenged. “Number one, the insufferable three hour debate that we went through the last time should never happen again”, added Huckabee. And you know what? But they are just a little in the red.

‘Seems @JebBush isn’t only low energy guy!

Trump and Carson have developed a unique rapport, with little fighting between the two despite the fact that Carson has been gaining on Trump in opinion polls.

Dr. Carson will do a retail walk near his Alexandria, Virginia, campaign headquarters this evening.