Cain's fate in the race may well be decided by the debate organizers.Passively allowing the -=] MEDIA [=- to decide who is in the televised debates and who will be the GOP candidate will be suicide for America.
The correct answer is that the Republican Party is the party of the internet and talk radio. And that multiple debates among pairs of candidates, moderated by conservative talk show hosts or by a perfectly neutral chess clock controlling the allocation of speaking time, would suit Republicans well.The traditional method of allowing hostile "objective" journalists to moderate the discussion - and, coincidentally, keep the discussion on weak issues among Republicans and away from the disastrous policies of the Democrat incumbent - suits Republicans not at all.
There is no reason why Rush couldn't take control of the debate process, using the reach of his program as the incentive which no candidate could be comfortable declining.