[Yosemitest]

The "ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS" are scared to death of TED CRUZ..
They are trying their hardest to dilute the field, and screw the Conservatives.

[KarlInOhio]

Let me guess: neutral moderator Rachel Maddow.

[eyeamok]

At issue is how to stage a substantive discussion that is fair to viewers and the campaigns.””

Sounds pretty easy to me:

Ted Cruz on stage with an EMPTY CHAIR representing the other candidates. Moderator can be Rush.

[Yosemitest]

Do you really believe that The New York Times has Republicans' Interests at heart, and truly wants to help them?

[SuzyQue]

“...proven politicians with provocateurs...”

I wonder who they consider the provocateurs?

[ken5050]

The article raises a very valid point...yet everyone here already is going apes**t..knocking the RNC.

It's a real problem..in the past, they've used polling criteria...but after the total failure of polls recently, I don't trust them.

It's a problem..

[dfwgator]

I don’t like the idea of intra-Party debates, all it does is weaken the eventual nominee in the eyes of the voters, and usually the moderators are lib plants.

[C210N]

Brackets. The image below is arranged via parts of the country. To adapt, have GOPe-main sream, GOPe-bunch-of-Rinos, Conservatives-other, and last, but not least, Cruz.

[Lisbon1940]

There should be three first-round debates with six or seven candidates in each, determined randomly. After that, use a polling threshold to limit participants to eight or fewer.

[Lurkinanloomin]

said its members had discussed ceding the decision entirely to Fox News.

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Fox News is on board The Cheap Labor Express.
The RNC wants an amnesty candidate.
Fox News is seen as a credible way to weed out the non-amnesty candidates.

[InterceptPoint]

Private Sub ChoseDebaters()
i=1
Do while .not. Ted Cruz
PollLeader(i).choose
i = i+1
Loop
End Sub

[Political Junkie Too]

Arrange the candidates on a 3×3, 4x4, etc., platform grid with each sitting at his own desk.

Let a moderator ask a question to a candidate, and then have a panel of conservatives decide if the answer is true or false. If the panel is correct, the candidate gets an "X"...

-PJ

[itsahoot]

This method worked before,
why change now?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Some big chunky stuff down in the piece.

[a clip]

...”“It’s going to be a group effort,” said Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee. “Obviously our media partners are going to have a big say in the process, as well as our party.”

Michael Clemente, a Fox News executive who has been involved in some of the discussions, did not respond to an email regarding the first debate.”......