...we all see it as bonus...the moronic GOP LEADERSHIP..sees it as a dilemma...TED CRUZ YOU STUPID GUTLESS ASS****S
Posted on 04/30/2015 6:01:54 AM PDT by GIdget2004
The rapid growth of the GOP presidential field is causing major headaches for party bosses ahead of a primary debate season that begins this summer.
The dilemma for Reince Priebus, Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman, is stark: If the declared field grows to 18 or 20 candidates, as now looks plausible, how can those numbers be winnowed in a way that seems fair and reasonable rather than arbitrary and undemocratic?
“You’ve got to prevent it from becoming a ‘WWE SmackDown’ event on national television,” said GOP strategist Ford O’Connell. “You don’t want to bump everybody off the stage, but you have to realize your overarching goal is protecting the eventual nominee.” “I would think that Reince Priebus has been thinking about exactly this issue, and also about how to ensure that the debates don’t turn into the ideological bloodfest that we saw in 2012, which pushed the whole ticket to the right,” said Cal Jillson, a political science professor at Southern Methodist University.
Already declared candidates — including Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas), Rand Paul (Ky.) and Marco Rubio (Fla.) — are sure bets to get slots, as are former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, both of whom are expected to get in shortly. All are polling well in early surveys.
But with the GOP field still growing, where is the cutoff? By The Hill’s count there are around 22 candidates who have declared candidacies or may do so.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is the latest GOP figure to leave the door ajar, telling Bloomberg TV on Monday that he is still mulling a run.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich also talked up a bid last week, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie — once a front-runner who has seen his stock tank — is still deciding, too.
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Enough is enough. Many of these candidates know they don’t have a chance to make a blip on a poll. This is about stuffing their pockets with campaign contributions.
I think that such a "WWE SmackDown" is exactly what we need - the RINOs will get smacked and the conservatives will rise to the top of the heap. It's when the RNC/GOPe tries to instill "fairness" that we the People suffer and the Left wins another one...
Another monkey fur ball primary plays into democrat hands - just like in 2012.
Their primary concern is producing an amnesty candidate. The Cheap Labor Express has paid the RNC millions to prevent us from electing anyone who would stop the invasion/cheap labor importation/colonization.
Set up seeding like March Madness.
With democrap debate mediators they will ensure Jebbie or some other gets all the softballs and mike time.
Other motivations may apply as well, not germane to picking the pres nomination: vying for VP slot, getting issues into the debate, increasing name recognition for a future "real" run, and so on
Cut off debate participants just before Sen Cruz.
You know that’s what they’re thinking...
...we all see it as bonus...the moronic GOP LEADERSHIP..sees it as a dilemma...TED CRUZ YOU STUPID GUTLESS ASS****S
Once you rid the Republican field of the RINO’s and Socialist in disguise, then Americans can choose from the three or four that will remain!
Enough said!
If it’s decided by the GOP Elite it will be everyoone but Cruz, Walker and Paul.
We have more than a year to go before the real run-up begins. Even if 20 enter, few will survive when they fail to top 2 percent in any poll, ever.
Their strategy will be to cut off inclusion into the debates by arranging the candidates alphabetically, after their last names are spelled backwards.
ZURC
The crowded stage will give way to a lot of single-answer responses, yes-or-no questions, and a show-of-hands.
Even with only a half-dozen contenders, they seldom get questions and responses that give much insight to them.
Of course, there will always be the Crowley and Steffie attempts at gotchas for the frontrunner(s).
One solution — if they are not getting double-digits in the basic polls, they don’t need to be on the debate stage.
Isolation booths!
All of the candidates get put in one, and all questions are asked simultaneously, with a clock in the corner. Viewers can pick which candidates they want to view.
After half time, all references by candidates to each other will be played in the isolation booth for the candidate to respond, if he chooses to.
The format already is that of a game show. Why not finish it?
“I would think that Reince Priebus has been thinking about exactly this issue, and also about how to ensure that the debates don’t turn into the ideological bloodfest that we saw in 2012, which pushed the whole ticket to the right,”
WTF? Too much to the right? Who are they kidding?
“I would think that Reince Priebus has been thinking about exactly this issue, and also about how to ensure that the debates don’t turn into the ideological bloodfest that we saw in 2012, which pushed the whole ticket to the right,” said Cal Jillson, a political science professor at Southern Methodist University. “
The truth comes out. Don’t want to push the ticket to the right. Gotta make sure we get the RINO we deserve.
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