Other view: GOP should cease demands and just debate

The News took the liberty of imagining what such an event would look like, pitting six bona fide uber-conservative commentators and former lawmakers as moderators in an hypothetical debate for the Republican candidates.

“I happened to be traveling that night, but my Twitter feed was on fire”, Bartiromo told The Daily Beast. So instead of casting journalists to ask questions, why not get a banker, a police officer, someone who’s been laid off, someone who works for tips and someone who runs a roofing business – I know that sounds like The Village People – or a plumber, a software developer, a single mother and someone who sells shoes, or a priest, a rabbi, a minister, an atheist and an imam – imagine the jokes. At least one suggestion – that all debates be live-streamed online – would, in fact, be helpful to those who don’t have cable connections. Enlarge Henry S. Dziekan III/WireImage Glenn Beck may ask the most on-point question of the hypothetical debate: “Why am I wrong about Hillary being the next prez?” “I’m very cognizant (of the Reagan comparisons), and you’ve got to say, ‘Alright, your historical fondness for Ronald Reagan not withstanding, how are you going to be like the Gipper, or what are you going to do that’s very much like him?”

“So where did I read this and come up with this?” a baffled-looking Quick mused to Trump, after he inaccurately denied ever criticizing the Facebook CEO for supporting an increase in the number of H1B visas for foreign tech workers. At the Democratic debate last month, James Webb repeatedly complained about his lack of airtime. You can’t hide that. In the immortal words of Mr. Pink, the Reservoir Dogs thief who rubbed his thumb against his forefinger, “You know what this is?” “You have a huge responsibility sitting there as a moderator”. Nobody writes my questions for me. From the outset, CNBC’s panel asked precisely the sort of questions I’ve cautioned against before – questions that have no place in a political debate because they simply aren’t debatable topics about major issues or problems that can be debated pro and con.

It represents an attempt to alter a debate process that the candidates loathe, culminating with the recent debate hosted by CNBC.

The candidates’ draft list of demands-which specified the required room temperature of the debate halls (67 degrees Fahrenheit), prohibited hand-raising or yes-or-no questions, and even insisted that the campaigns approve any graphics and chyrons to be used by the debates’ news media sponsors-was all but universally mocked.

“And then, maybe, like a foot massage?” Fox News star Megyn Kelly lampooned the Republican wish-list.

If only Republican candidates were afforded such luxury.

“Would we have to submit our voting records to you?”

Smith, meanwhile, said she understands where the White House wannabes are coming from.

“The further we go along in this process now, and now a little more than 90 days out from the Iowa caucuses, maybe a few of the candidates that aren’t polling well, or the money is running dry, or the donors are getting antsy – they’re ready to throw grenades and they’re ready to get insane”, Cavuto said.

“Have they “made” anyone?”

Matt Lauer, host of the “Today Show” on NBC, got 7 percent, while 6 percent suggested conservative radio talker Laura Ingraham and 3 percent wanted conservative radio talker Hugh Hewitt, who is one of the moderators for the GOP debates hosted by CNN. Still, several candidates resorted to that time-honored tactic: Blame the media. Candidates at the undercard debate are New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Pennsylvania Sen.

He added: “The voters-not networks driven by ratings, or national polls that are statistically irrelevant-should decide our next president”.

We need to focus on real issues like ISIS, unrest in America being enhanced by the current administration, the national debt, etc.