Posted on 05/20/2015 4:32:32 PM PDT by GIdget2004
The CNN Republican primary debate on Sept. 16 will be divided into two parts featuring two different sets of candidates: those who rank in the top 10 according to public polling, and the remaining candidates who meet a minimum threshold of one percent in public polilng, the On Media blog has learned.
The debate critera is more inclusive than the first Repbulican primary debate hosted by Fox News on August 6. That debate will only feature candidates who finish in the top 10 in an average of the five most recent national polls. The remaining candidates will get airtime on Fox News on Aug. 6, but will not be included in the debate itself.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
A pdf with the full qualification criteria is at the link.
So once again we’ll enable and empower our enemies. Gee, good plan.
As long as either Stephanopoulos or Crowley moderate the rest of the format is trivial.
Not for nothing but the RNC should set up a debate as it sees fit. If CNN wishes to cover it, fine, if not they can spend the evening gazing at their Democratic navels.
Hillary Clinton and Sid Blumenthal will be the moderators to show that CNN is not biased. /s
Stephanopolous has said he will not moderate any debates this year, given his recent foul publicity re the Clinton Foundation. In a sense it matters not because just about anyone they put in will be as partisan.
The Democratic debate will also be split between those with giant asses and those who are wrinkled old hags. It’s still unclear which debate Hitlery will be in.
Absolutely. 10 is Ridiculous!!! What is that, six minutes apiece?
What's wrong with THAT picture ?
If the GOP had ANY brains .... they'd buy 6 hours of TV ..... request questions from the country .... sit every candidate down and give each one a printout of all the questions (categorized)
Let Cruz pick (f'rinstance) .. whatEVER he wanted to from... sayyyy ... the "immigration" section of the list and lay it on Jeb Bush (f'rinstance) ... and Jeb has 3 or 4 minutes
The only 'officialling' would be a time keeper, a monitor to rotate all candididates fairly and someone to keep the kids from throwing erasers at each other
THAT would be a debate
It should be on C-Span with Republican moderators. Not the hippy-dippy channels full of antagonistic gotcha questions.
Because it’s not in the script. The GOP are supposed to lose. After all, it’s Hillary’s turn.
Gotcha questions will not be allowed by moderator. After initial round candidates may ask questions of other candidates on a rotating basis. No filibusters, questions and answers will be timed.
Subsequent debates will also be held on FOX with different formats to allow candidates to show their versatility.
Nobody watches those other networks anyway, so why make money for them?
Absolutely right!! The Mainstream Republicans give the Liberals the sword to use against any Republican.
The Mainstream Republicans and the Tea Party do not need CNN to be in charge of anything.
The problem is that the Mainstream Republicans are cowards, sober or drunk.
TWB
Oh, of course not, they will probably pick someone completely impartial, like Chelseahorseface Clinton, or Moooochelle Obama or maybe Alarceny Sharpton.
The Democrat debate is when??
Target practice for the DNC Media
They haven’t announced their schedule yet, but the first one will probably be in September.
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