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.
Former front runner? polls nationally still have Trump as frontrunner
Humiliated? for “only” coming in 2nd in IA? Like pretty much every other party nominee who wasn’t a sitting president?
The world doesn’t begin and end in Iowa.
Wallace was horrible to Ted Cruz on the last debate.
I think he was bearing resentment because Ted totally shut him down on the Sunday Morning Talk show a few days before.
Wallace tried to gotcha Ted on that show and Ted totally demolished him.
Wallace had that “you’re in my crosshairs now” look when he questioned Ted. Fortunately, it did not faze Ted.
I would like to get it but that doesn’t work where I live.
I preferred the Fox Business Channel line-up with Cavuto.
Look, I’m sorry. But you Trump people need to realize and Trump needs to realize that this childish feud with a TV anchorwoman is making Trump look small and petty.
Why should he care so much about her?
Why can’t he just gripe to his wife like everyone else does.
OH MY I am so sorry to hear that!!!
Is that a 24 hour cable news network like CNN and Fox?
That speech he gave the night of Iowa was perfect.
And then he ruined it.
Iowa was always a tossup. He had NH in the bag. He should have remained magnanimous.
Fox needs new moderators...not Megyn Kelly, Not Chris Wallace, and not Bret...He is the nightly anchor and that is where he should be...
LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE, FOX...YOU ARE TURNING US OFF...
U guys r missing 1 thing.
Barf Megoon! I will not watch.
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.
If we pull aside for a minute the fact that it was Megyn and replace her with someone close to us, a mother, sister or aunt - how would we feel if a guy made some crass statements about our loved one menstruating, in public for all the world to hear?
The man has no class and he is a bit of a boor.
It reminds me of the one time I listened to Howard Stern on the radio before he got his satellite deal. He was talking about his wife and he mentioned that she was "on the rag" and "how disgusting" it was.
Trump is like that, he just fine-tunes his wording a little better.
The day b4 the the next debate: What if she were to say to the Donald: “U can run but u can’t hide”. He drops out(again)? That would be beneath FOX but not beneath the Donald to say something like that. Time for her bosses to back her up again. After that she will earn the right to go chickendung on Cruz.
Why?
OK, so how do you get OANN??? It's not on in my neck o' the woods.
That would be darn funny right there, if she did that.
She should wear a dominatrix outfit, the black leather, the highheel boots, the whip....
And for gods sake a face mask.
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