I hate those debates with so many people. The moderators will call on their favorites for most questions and believe me, they won’t be calling on Cruz cause they know he will slay Rubio and others. Won’t they have to “declare” before they can get on the debate.
There should be no intra-party debates, win on your own merits without tearing down the others and giving the other party all the fodder they need.
I agree, that having too many candidates on stage becomes a circus. Only the top 10 in national polls should be initially in debates.
Every subsequent debate should have 1 less candidate based on polls or primary results.