Posted on 11/02/2015 9:08:59 AM PST by Trumpinator
Danny Diaz did not have much to say to his fellow campaign managers. The man behind Jeb Bush's presidential campaign was a surprise arrival at Sunday night's emergency meeting; after all, it was a brainchild of former neurosurgeon Ben Carson, the latest outsider candidate to surge past the once-dominant Bush campaign in the polls. Diaz even managed to avoid the reporters staking out the Hilton Alexandria Old Town, chasing anybody who showed up for what had been code-named "family meeting."
The campaign managers were meeting to try to gain more control over the crucial primary debates, which have become a source of anger and frustration for the GOP presidential candidates. The following account of the meeting is based on interviews with several attendees, who asked not to be named because they were describing a private gathering.
According to the sources in the room, Diaz did not say much. He did not chime in when other campaigns shot down the idea of splitting the debates into two randomly-selected contests of seven candidates each, and he did not interrupt as others agreed that Fox Business, the next debate host, could do as it liked. He spoke up only to say that a planned February debate with NBC News, the one "suspended" by the Republican National Committee, needed to be salvaged. The debate partner was supposed to be Telemundo, and Republicans could not stiff the only Spanish-language network allowed into the cycle.
Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump's crewcut campaign manager, shot him down.
"If you do that," he said, "Trump walks."
"Diaz dropped his head, like he was defeated," an attendee said.
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Hehehehe, Go Trump Go
They should organize a round-table discussion and let Mark Levin host.
Yep. If Jeb wants to do debates on a Spanish language network, then he should file to run for El Presidente of Mehico.
That surprised some other participants in the roundtable. Not only was Trump effectively dictating the terms of the debates -- after all, he'd lobbied for the CNBC debate to be shortened -- but he seemed to have a batphone while every other candidate was begging for information.
Yes, Donald Trump IS Batman.....
From CNBC last week:
“Just for the record, the debate was always going to be two hours.”
Remember that crap?
But Trump did say Rubio was a personal senator for Zuckerberg.
How absurd for Jebber!’s guy, Danny Amnesty Diaz, to even bring up Telemundo, for consideration.
Like Trump told WhoreHay Rrrrrramos.....Leave the room.
Trump doesn’t hire any pushovers. This is just a small example of the hard asses Trump will bring to Washington with him if we elect him.
I both agree with Trump and forgive him for forgetting he said that. Probably written by a staffer to be honest.
Maybe my memory's faulty but I don't remember Bush being dominant much after he was the only one in the race.
I looked it up, Lewandowski completed the Naval War College course in Strategy and Force planning in 1999. "Now, Johnny Unitas, there's a haircut you could set your watch to."
Diaz hung his head in defeat, because pandering for the Hispanic vote was Bush’s last, best hope.
Losers hire losers.
Yup! From the article:
Representatives of Trump and Carson effectively shut down the people who had needed the meeting most, the managers of candidates forced into the little-watched "undercard" debates. On the way in, Sen. Lindsey Graham's (R-S.C.) adviser Brett O'Donnell, a longtime debate maestro, said that he'd be lobbying for "equal treatment," and no more ghettoizing of low-polling candidates. Like the other undercard candidates, Graham had come around to the idea of holding two debates, with seven randomly selected candidates.
The frontrunners were not having it.
"Why do I want to let someone who's polling at 0.1 percent on that stage so he can take shots at Trump?" asked Lewandowski.
Barry Bennett, who as Ben Carson's campaign manager had been arguing for the most inclusive debate possible, agreed with Lewandowski. "We’re spending the money and time to get into that [prime time] debate," he said.
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How great is that?
Diaz was there shopping his resume` because he will be unemployed soon.
CC
From your lips to God’s ears and his will.
Screw the Hispanic TV stations. All other USA minorities that speak foreign tongues have to watch the POTUS debates in English....and, so should Hispanics!!! End of story!!! Go Donald Trump!!! Make America Great...Once Again!!!
Dogs instinctively react to a pack leader.
Good one! Woof woof!
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