I hate to say it, but Limpy Graham is right...
FoxNews is trimming the field even before a lot of them get wheels in these primary states, and those campaigns (that FoxNews deems low polling) might as well hang it up after this parade they are setting up...
There is no way we will not see Jebby in August...And the other 9 campaigns FoxNews selects will just be window dressing, regardless if the polling is positive for Bush...
I would bet we will see Perry in the ten...Not that he is polling well, we will be told he polls well, but that is beside the point...
We will not see, Huckabee, Jindal, and maybe Walker might not even make the cut, I would be surprised if we did see one of these folks...
Fiorina will probably make the cut because she is a girl...And FoxNews loves girls...
So I plan to not be excited about this process the GOP is allowing to go forward by the only semi-friendly network out there, and let them tell the country who is important, and who is not...
Meanwhile the democrats and the MSM are sitting back laughing their azzes off at all this...
They have their own problems, but as long as they continue to be “roped” in by their darling...A communist is giving her a real run for the nomination...
He will be dealt with in due time, and they gotz lots of time to do it...
But, yet again, what do I know...
Ohhhh, for sure we’ll see Trump, only because he’s getting a lot of attention these days...
So what’s the option?
Have a “debate” between 26 people? How’s that work?
Yeah. whiny boy Lindsey has a point...but the fact remains, he’s not getting in the top ten ever. Whatever the weeding out process, and whenever it takes place, he’s gone with the weeds....
The hardcore Sanders supporters I know have tried to prop up Lindsey as an honest, reasonable Republican. They must think I am easily influenced.
The debates are going to be a farce anyway-except for Trump.
yep. The proverbial broken clock here.
Anyone that is a serious candidate would have planned to early part of the election campaign properly to insure they weren;t on the bubble ala Cruz, Bush, Fiorina etc. Graham didn’t.
Graham is only superficially right - he cares not about what his party has allowed/aide/abetted in our destruction and only gets outraged when he might not get his chance to create more damage handed to him on a silver platter - he cares nothing for fairness or what’s right but only getting his own sick ass up so he can pontificate.
Just being honest...without looking at the polls...guess the order. The following is reverse alphabetical. My sense is that there are a lot of people we naturally put at the bottom — and we do so because they should be at the bottom. Lindsay, Pataki, Kasich, Jindal, Huckabee, Perry, and Christi are NOT going anywhere. We know that in our gut. I would add Fiorini, but I think she has a shot at VP because of the nature of this year’s election.
Walker
Trump
Santorum
Rubio
Perry
Paul
Pataki
Kasich
Jindal
Huckabee
Graham
Fiorini
Cruz
Christi
Carson
Bush
Even with 10 participants, they will be lucky to get 4-6 minutes of answer time in a 90-minute debate.
Give each a 2 minute opening and closing statement, and you already have eaten up 40 minutes.
Allow for mods to ask their editorizing questions could add up to 20 secords or more per question.
Give candidate(s) 2 minutes to respond.
Add on time for a candidate named in another candidate’s answer to repond — 1 minute.
Typically, in the past, the mods have asked more questions of the perceived frontrunners.
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“I hate to say it, but Limpy Graham is right...”
He absolutely is.
This plan is designed to reward wealthy or establishment candidates and prevent a grassroots campaign from being able to form. They have to scrap it and start over.
It would be tough to imagine that a field of ten would not include Cruz, Walker, Trump, etc. To this day I think the strongest farm team the GOP had was in 1980, but those days are gone. It will be interesting to see if Perry makes it among the ten.
In short ... agreed.
How about doing something similar to the March Madness brackets. I’d have initial debates with 4 candidates picked at random. Let the top 2 from each debate advance to the next debate until they are down to 4 candidates.
... or something similar to this. That way the kooks get their chance, the networks get their ratings, etc.
Well fortunately for me, I can’t watch FOX...
Cut the cable in 2012.