Posted on 08/04/2015 8:27:39 AM PDT by jimbo123
Chris Wallace tapped the black three-ring binder resting on the corner of his desk. “I’ve got some doozies in there,” he said, eyebrow raised provocatively.
The unlabeled binder holds the veteran Fox News anchor’s questions for Thursday’s Republican primary debate, for which he will serve as a moderator. Clamped inside it are newspaper clippings, memos to his researcher and outlines of what the hodgepodge of presidential candidates vying to top the GOP field have been saying about the issues and about each other.
It has become a primary-season ritual for Wallace, a fixture at Fox News for more than a decade, to challenge and goad the packed roster of Republican candidates. But this debate in Cleveland, the first of the 2016 election season, may be in a league of its own.
Aside from what Wallace calls the “Trump factor” — Donald Trump, the unpredictable tycoon whose off-the-cuff quips and slams have been roiling the GOP — there’s the unwieldy size of the field. Of the 17 declared candidates, Fox will allow only the top 10, as determined by five of the most recent national polls, into Thursday’s debate.
“There’s so doggone many,” said Wallace, 67, sitting at his desk in Fox’s Washington bureau. The decision to pack the stage was made above his pay grade, he adds. “Will [the debate] be as great as it would be if there were three or four candidates? No. But it’s clear from the polls, people are far from decided.”
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How many American Patriots were killed in Benghazi?
Who is responsible for their deaths?
I’ve got some doozies
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One ‘doozie’ to another ‘doozie’...
I’m sooo glad I don’t have cable ... lol
This is planned by Fox. They’re in the tank GOPe all the way. Of course Jeb has everything - all of it.
Chris Wallace? I’m surprised they’ve convinced him to not share the stuff with Hillary. Or have they?
Don’t understand why the Pubs, even Trump, continue to play by the rules set by the opposition.
Chris Wallace? He frequently veers to the Left. I hope the contenders are ready for some gotcha questions!
It will be obvious if, as soon as they call his name, he will start answering the question before they ask it? lol
Wallace and FOX “News” are biased, against
conservatives, against Trump, and for Bush and Romney.
America needs a conservative moderator ... for a change.
Better yet, why do Americans continue to play by the rules set by the opposition? That would be a MUCH better question, IMHO.
fox is hyping this thing waaaaay too much.
Debate or Inquisition?
It’s all about you Chris!
Pray America is waking
You are not the show, Wallace.
Why, oh why, does the GOP submit to having the political interests and opinions of the leftist press structure a GOP debate? Why, in a GOP debate, can we not discuss issues of primary importance to GOP voters? Priebus, you jackass! I blame you.
I guess this means that Republicans can't get an honest, fair debate anywhere. Everyone wants their trophy head for their office wall.
-PJ
This is what happens when “news” programs are really entertainment programs. An “news” reporters are really propagandists with an agenda.
I don’t particularly like Chris Wallace.....he is on Team Bush......and we’ll just leave it at that.
Doozies?
How about serious questions of consequence directly addressing the future of our Republic?
...”Debate or Inquisition?”....
He’ll target Trump...Wallace is a team Bush guy.
Dear Mr. Wallace.
You’re not *running* for anything. Get over yourself.
They don’t have to do it in advance...Fox and Wallace come from the establishment mindset.....they don’t have to coordinate, they think the same, period.
And memo to Wallace, we don’t want your damned left leaning doozies....
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