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1 posted on 10/04/2015 3:37:36 PM PDT by conservativejoy
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The whole thing is a sideshow and none if it is a true debate.

Why and how the Right continues to let the Left run the Right’s show is absolutely astonishing.


2 posted on 10/04/2015 3:39:42 PM PDT by Jim W N
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Ditch the undercard debate and cut two off the main ticket.


3 posted on 10/04/2015 3:39:48 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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Naw...leave it like it is...this is fun!


4 posted on 10/04/2015 3:41:49 PM PDT by rrrod (Jhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3343827/reply?c=1ust an old guy with a gun in his pocket.)
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All this discussion of the GOP debates...whe the Rats decide not to have any at all, with their coronation.


5 posted on 10/04/2015 3:41:53 PM PDT by lacrew
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I’m skipping this one.

I can’t stand the NBC spin and manipulation.


6 posted on 10/04/2015 3:43:18 PM PDT by miserare ( RIP TrooperJoseph Ponder, RIP Deputy Darren Goforth; RIP Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz)
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Yes, it’s stupid.

Cut in half. 7 and six and be done with it.


8 posted on 10/04/2015 4:04:13 PM PDT by onyx ( PLEASE HELP COMPLETE THIS FReepathon THIS MONTH!)
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What if they followed the NCAA March Madness? Have a “play in” game amongst four for the final spot? Whomever NBC ranks the lowest wins?


9 posted on 10/04/2015 4:04:49 PM PDT by Blue Devil Reaganite ("You can't just call them 'goat phuc&ers,' that's racist." Me, "OK, fine. 'Goat fornicators'.")
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Here is the most recent RCP average. To qualify for the Big Boys and Big Girl Debate you need a score of 2.5 on the CNBC version of this poll average. To make it to the Little Boy's Debate you need to score a 1.0.

So, right now we would have Christie just skating in and Paul just missing. So the Little Boy's Debate would just be Rand Paul all by himself. But, given the current trends, Huckabee and Christie are likely to fall into the debate with Paul. Kasich, who has not been polling well lately could easily join them. So the best case for the Main Debate is Trump-Carson-Fiorina-Rubio-Bush-Cruz. That's 6. That would be OK with me. And Jindal, Santorum, Graham and Pataki get to stay home and watch their campaigns go yet further down the drain on Live Teeee Veeee.


10 posted on 10/04/2015 4:07:02 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
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I think the smaller debate should be shut down. It’s not really a debate at this point.


11 posted on 10/04/2015 4:15:15 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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Why make the cutoff 10 people? That only made sense when there were 19 or 20 people in the running.

If they were of even normal intelligence, having two debates, you split the field in half. 10-3 is stupid. You split them up 7-6 instead.


12 posted on 10/04/2015 4:28:07 PM PDT by Svartalfiar
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Simple!
So far everyone has something to say and be heard.
Just shuffle and cut the deck, then hold two consecutive "debates" with 6 & 7 participants (no regard to polls) and then do it again before cutting out the lower scoring candidates:
As it is now, the deck may not be stacked, but it definitely favors the most bombastic and best known wanna-be.

(I'd love to see Trump actually have to defend his "It'll be better, it'll be beautiful, I'm a nice guy" platform against someone with little to lose.)

13 posted on 10/04/2015 4:38:08 PM PDT by norton
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The Presidential election is more than a year away.


18 posted on 10/04/2015 5:57:33 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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