GOP debate in Trump's shadow

The Hill ^ | January 28,2016 | Niall Stange

[Biggirl]

DES MOINES, Iowa — Thursday evening’s GOP debate will be dominated by the man who isn’t there: Donald Trump.

[RipSawyer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyTcYacSo7g

[Mr Ramsbotham]

He is a winner, i'm sick and tired of hearing people trying to stop a winner.

I love a winner myself, unless what he's winning is something I'd rather he lose.

[CASchack]

I’m sure the TDS-addled Cruzers and GOP-e crowd will be glued to the debate and cheering every shot taken at Trump.

[Cboldt]

6:56 AM - 28 Jan 2016

Wow, two candidates called last night and said they want to go to my event tonight at Drake University.

I wonder which two? Notice, not a debate, just a rally for vets. No breaking of RNC debate rule about external debates.

[Sacajaweau]

I’d guess Carson aka the original Me2 candidate and Rand?

[Sacajaweau]

"One" does not a debate make....

However, there is the equal time rule and he is entitled to the same "sponsored" time consumed by the scheduled debate.

[COBOL2Java]

Other Candidates May Join Donald Trump Away From Debate

[Cboldt]

I'd rule out Cruz, Jeb, Fiorina; probably rule out Rubio because he wants to lock horns with Cruz. Your speculation fits with that. Any of the others can afford to switch for the night.

Pretty much a side story to the main event, which is the elimination of candidates.

[lodi90]

Rand has been trashing Trump. Not him.

[Cboldt]

The RNC debate system is set up to prevent candidates from debating outside the RNC arranged schedule. That's a fair and decent rule. I was just saying that if multiple candidate bail out of the debate conducted by FoxNews, and all participate in a rally, that doesn't turn the rally into a debate. The RNC rule will not have been broken.

Of course, a solitary abstention isn't breaking the rule. Rand Paul absented himself from a debate because he objected to being seated at the kiddie table.

There isn't an equal time rule. Trump is hogging the time anyway!

[EverRight]

Probably Huckabee and Fiorina or else they get no exposure!

[lodi90]

Huckabee & Santorum would be my guess.

[Tennessee Nana]

If any one of the wannabees is smart, he/she will start the

debate by proposing that neither Trump nor his policies be

so much as mentioned or even alluded to during the debate

[Seattle Conservative]

I was reading earlier that CNN may be pulling out, but CSPAN 1 will carry it. I’m sure that it will be covered online and also by OAN (unfortunately, I don’t get that channel).

Here’s a thread about a potential change from CNN:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3389611/posts

Nikos has been posting live threads for all Trump’s events. Here’s the one for tonight:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3389624/posts

[nikos1121]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3389624/posts