I disagree. The GOP can conduct a debate every week and invite media to cover it. Ten, 20 a hundred candidates if they so choose. Fox nor ABC nor any of the nets have to do the party’s work for it. Nor do the candidates have to go to the nets’ debates.
I would also argue that the conservative candidates would do well to ban together and form agreements to endorse each other as they fall by the wayside. The biggest reason a Jeb Bush has a large percentage of support at this point is because the conservative vote is so diluted. If they really wanted to, they could hold their own debates...not invite Jeb, or Christie, or Graham. Sure if would piss off the RINOs...but really, who gives a flip?
Yes, who will give a flip at this point...
Does it seem to you that this may be the intent all along???
A huge slate of GOP’ers going at it, trying to get thru the first 3-4 state primaries, and that the impetus to get started early has force a lot of campaigns that may or may not have big war chests of funds to devote to long campaigns, gives those that do, a chance to weed out the chaff, and concentrate on the Super Tuesdays’ crowd, and thus press on...
I do believe that for time and scheduling, each campaign should be given the spotlight in a debate, however long it takes and as scheduling allowed...
If it take multiple nights, then even the field out, mix the candidates up by high and low poll results, and let them ALL have primetime exposure, no matter how you feel about them already...
When the field narrows thru the primary season, then have another, and another, and allow them to really get their messages across...
Its only airtime...Geesh, its not going to have the ratings like the Superbowl, so let the advertising catch a break, its NOT rocket science...