[xzins]

Cal Thomas, it was a poorly run debate. There's no denying it, there's no whitewashing it. It was awful. The mods took up a third of the time. They spoke more than Cruz, Carson, Rubio, Walker, and Paul COMBINED. (And you can throw in a piece of Huckabee’s time, too)

They didn't cover issues, they went after National Enquirer questions.

They didn't balance candidate appearance, but some were iced out for 30-40 minutes at a time, while others were given regular face time.

They tried to provoke fights.

It was amateur hour.

[kabar]

Cal Thomas joined Fox News Channel (FNC) in 1997 and serves as a political contributor.

[joesbucks]

I guess I’m curious. If you had to ask a policy question and a character question of each candidate, could you do so by candidate? Not just a question that plays to a candidates strength but one that reveals more than it bolsters.