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I see that everybody is talking about the Republican Debates, but nobody got my approval, or the approval of the Trump Campaign, before announcing them. When you’re leading by seemingly insurmountable numbers, and you have hostile Networks with angry, TRUMP & MAGA hating anchors asking the “questions,” why subject yourself to being libeled and abused? Also, the Second Debate is being held at the Reagan Library, the Chairman of which is, amazingly, Fred Ryan, Publisher of The Washington Post. NO!

NEW YORK (AP) -- Since he entered the presidential race, it's been Donald Trump's style to break with convention. It's no different when it comes to debate prep. The New York billionaire has skipped practicing a full debate as he gets ready for his first on-stage meeting with Hillary Clinton. While he has studied policy ideas and practiced answering questions he may face Monday night, experts who have been through the process call his decision to skip time-intensive mock debates a mistake. "I think he's putting himself at an incredible disadvantage," said Brett O'Donnell, a Republican strategist and veteran debate...

Donald Trump says he will 'absolutely' attend all three general election debates - under certain conditions. 'I'll have to see who the moderators are. Yeah, I would say that certain moderators would be unacceptable, absolutely,' Trump told Time magazine in an interview today. 'I want to have fair moderators … I will demand fair moderators.' Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3731729/He-s-Trump-says-attend-three-general-election-debates-certain-conditions-demand-fair-moderators.html#ixzz4GrPP7D8o Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

No one else cares. Since the political class is still in a quandry over how Donald Trump keeps rolling even as he does things they are sure will bring about his end, let’s use tomorrow night’s Fox News debate as the perfect case in point. Trump is apparently going to skip the debate because of his antipathy toward Megyn Kelly, or hers toward him, or whatever. Upon learning this, the entire world of political people immediately went into overdrive analyzing the move. Is it shrewd? Does this present an opening for Cruz? Does he look like a baby? How will...