Good point.
And you don't want them to be asked these got-yas the first time in mid October. Better to have a diverse set of questioners, liberal and conservative, for vetting purposes.
I do remember in 2007 Democrat candidates boycotted FNC, that worked great for Obama to beat Hillary, and then Obama got his second and third big breaks, TARP crisis and Mccain.
Rush would tell them to avoid any unfriendly interviews or debates like he and U-know-who do, but you wont seem THEM running for any office.
If the Republican candidate is >20% points ahead of Obama by this summer he can set the terms of that debates as Obama will need them, you see that happening? Obama's approval just shot up to 50%