I’ve been waiting for someone to do this, and Ted took the opportunity.
On Hannity’s show he asked Sean if he would be willing to moderate a debate with Mark and Rush. Sean agreed.
I’d love to see them do it. Levin said that the three of them talk pretty regularly.
>> I see that Reince is mad at CNBC this morning. What exactly did he expect?
GOP “leadership” is a pathetic joke, isn’t it?
My understanding is that one of the spoils of war that goes to a winning GOP POTUS candidate is an opportunity to remake the party’s national leadership.
All the more reason to support Cruz / Trump who IMO will revamp the party EFFECTIVELY. (And more reason to reject a Bush, Rubio, Kasich, Christie, etc. who will just give us more of the same failed leadership.)
After the debate, most in media ignored Cruz.
FReeper article at American Thinker ping ...
My list from last night and in order. 1.Cruz 2.Trump 3.Rubio.4.Christie 5.Huckabee
6.Fiorina 7.Carson 8.Paul 9.Kasich 10. Jeb
Kasich was the most annoying
I didn’t think anyone could be as bad (as a moderator) as MeGYN Kelly, but the CNBC clowns proved me wrong.
The candidates - all of them - deserved respect, which was not seen from the moderators panel.
Their intentions were so obvious from the hit-go, it was truly embarrassing.
They acted like someone endowed them with supreme power and they were entitled to chew the candidates out, one at a time. That’s not “moderating”, that’s radical extremism.
Their collective attack(s) on the candidates surpassed the realm of decency and respect for a group of people running for the presidency of the United States. They seemed to assuming the mantle of being the national deciders of who gets to run for office.
They harangued the candidates over minutia, then had the classless nerve to overtalk the candidates attempt at an answer, attacking their answers with faulty facts and misquoted articles. They seem relentless is trying to nail the candidates on subjects, then trying to censor the candidates explanation of the accusations and rumors.
I spent about 15 years in broadcasting, primarily radio, but I learned as a very young man that when I would interview someone, it was not ME the listeners tuned in to hear, but the interviewee. Obviously today’s crop of talking heads has yet to stow their ego and bother to learn that lesson.
I believe this debate has given Cruz his breakout moment. The media tried to keep him ignored, but the man rose up and won the fight. I hope the electorate gives him a fair look as the man has a lot to offer.
Gotta reward great behavior, so I just dropped another contribution in Ted’s kettle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmUqzJnf8zY
Cruz looks great, although the title says rant. Rand Paul disappointed by not demanding the moderators allow Cruz to reply. He could have done the nation a favor by calling these guys out.
Game changer? We'll see. I doubt it will be for Cruz. While it's red meat to us conservatives, it wouldn't be likely to influence undecideds. The Carson "play nice" voters wouldn't like it cause it's too aggressive. Fiorina's supporters (the ones I known) would go Rubio or Yeb before Ted.
In the end, what Cruz did accomplish was to further enable everyone to freely bash the media and to re-state the questions their own way in future encounters. It remains to be seen whether they will do this. So far, only Trump and Cruz have really done this, and, to a lesser extent, Carson.
My guess is that Cruz gained a point or two in the polls, but I doubt it came from either Carson or Trump. Maybe "undecideds." Kasich and Yeb are now pretty much finished. Huck and Christie are hanging on by a thread. Fiorina will survive for a while. Rubio emerges as the clear #3.
He should be angry at himself. He is the one responsible for these train wreck debates.
As for Cruz, he can win this thing. He has consistently shown that he is, by far, the most conservative and the most brilliant candidate. He's playing a very long game, just as he did when he ran for the Senate.
Interestingly,back then people were saying he didn't have a prayer of winning.
The campaign is on Cruz Control!!
[After the crowd stopped roaring in approval of Cruz’s protest, which took a while, the rest of the Republicans followed the Texas senator’s lead]
TED CRUZ - Not Afraid to Lead - 2016
I see that Ted Cruz has hijacked Trump’s attack on the media, an attack that has been made in every Trump speech. He has called them liars, and terrible people. What Cruz said was mild in comparison, yet everything is buzzing with Cruz Cruz Cruz.
That was my position going with the debate, but in my wildest imagination I never expected Fox to stage this debate as a series of 30 second cage fights between the candidates.
-PJ
I am a Trump guy but I love seeing Ted Cruz doing so well and sticking it to these unoriginal hacks. Why is the media so lacking in imagination and creativity!!!
They are so stale and boring.