Posted on 02/04/2016 5:39:27 PM PST by Elderberry
Fox News has made another calculated decision to have one of their top anchors, Megyn Kelly, come back as a moderator in the next Republican Presidential Debate. Despite the national headlining feud between Kelly (as well as Fox News) and former GOP Presidential candidate frontrunner Donald Trump, Kelly will also be heavily involved in the debate’s moderation and there is a good chance that Trump will suck up his pride and participate following his humiliating defeat to Senator Ted Cruz in the Iowa primary earlier this week.
Although Trump has been in recent month hailed as a ratings magnet for GOP debates as well late night talk shows and other media interviews, the ratings could go through the roof if he decides to participate in this debate on Fox News.
Trump optioned to sit out the last GOP debate on Fox News, citing that Kelly unfairly targeted him in her questions about potentially misogynistic statements that he had made via social media. He also went after her following the debate, making personal attacks and insinuating that she had been menstruating during the debate.
He also famously had a feud with Fox News CEO Rupert Murdoch, which played out through a serious of private and social communications.
Trump seemed to graciously accept defeat on Monday's Iowa primaries when he said that he "was honored" to be in second place, although he did not even come close to Cruz in the election. As a matter of fact, he was nearly tied with third place winner, Senator Marco Rubio.
As reported by The Hill, the details of the third Fox News debate have only recently been released and it will take place on March 3 in Detroit, Michigan.
Megyn Kelly will join the returning triumvirate team of moderators alongside Brett Baier and Chris Wallace. All three have hosted the previous two debates on Fox News, the last of which did not feature Trump.
The previous Fox News debate was not the first time Trump had made demands of the hosting network in order for him to appear. He had previously demanded a payment of $5 million from CNN. But when CNN did not cave to his demand, he still participated in the debate.
Last month, Trump demanded that Fox News bar Kelly from any future debates or else he would not participate. The decision to follow through with his threat came down to the 11th hour, but he made good on it and stayed off the platform.
Skipping the Fox News debate is one of the reasons that he cited as what hurt him in the Iowa primary race, although he has seemed to flip-flopped on that excuse, now saying that Cruz won the race through nefarious means and fraudulent tactics.
But it would be reasonable to assume that skipping the Fox News debate ultimately cost him a win in Iowa, which he had long been the frontrunner to win based on early polling numbers from various independent and media sources.
When the debate airs live on Fox News on March 3, the primary season will already have a whole host of winners and losers on the board. Before that Fox News event takes place, voters in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Nevada, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and Wyoming will all have already weighed in on their pick for the GOP Presidential candidate.
There is a good chance that Trump will not be skipping this next Fox News debate, especially if it is a close race at the time it occurs.
The GOP candidate field will also be a narrower race at that time as well. Fox News is reporting that Rick Santorum has suspended his campaign and went on to endorse Marco Rubio.
He can't control the allusions that proceed from his mouth. Why would he have to even make any reference to blood when we could see their was no blood coming out of their eyes?
It is in this regard that Trump is most like Obama. He pushes a regular stream of allusions. He is the smartest, most successful, richest person - but is he?
His allusion to blood is disgusting. The fact that he could say it and then convince people he is not disgusting is one of the major triumphs of Trump.
You can see it already happening, just read the comments on the forums.
Boycott Fox, send Murdoch packing back to where he came from! Murdoch, take MGYN with him to Oz.
I am into my second week of Macying Faux news with zero withdrawal problems. My RN wife for close to 6 decades, says that the banning of Faux Not News has been good for me.
Spot on
And that is the sad truth.
I’m sick of this silly Megyn side show. We are in big trouble as a nation and these fools want to elevate this crap?
It’s after Super Tuesday, he may have the necessary votes and will skipo this debate.
Kelly thinks it is about her and will try to interrupt and be the center of attention while she tries to get candidates to bicker between one another..
Ho0w about mentioning fixing the VA and the corruption. How about fixing the IRS and that corruption.
‘hell there are so many issue at hand which have not been mentioned , but yet again Kelly will say something like this.
Candidate A you said this about Candidate B do you still feel like that and what say you Candidate B?
I am, so sick of this election already and yet excited to boot the left wing nuts out of office.
We could write the script today. We know exactly how this silly show is going to play out and the powers that be who are behind it, are all the elites who treat this as a side show. Which of course is exactly what it is and they need/want it to be - preventing people from actually learning how deep the mess we are in goes.
I too am tired of it, all of it.
Agreed.
I’m with you. I’ll watch only the debate on Fox News. Not turning it on for anything else. Hate the channel now. Me-gyn is a huge egotist nothing. She can’t even pose for sexy pictures without looking like she is farting in the chair. Sean Hannity is their only conservative - why is he not allowed to host a debate? He could do it by himself. Fox News really sucks.
Thank you for your thoughtful reply.
I think it is more a question of where the mind goes. I never would have thought any such thing nor do I think it was his intent.
http://www.mofopolitics.com/2015/08/08/el-chorro-is-so-angry-blood-is-coming-out-of-his-wherever/
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