You betcha, it is Trump’s show. And I bet it will have the highest ratings and viewship of any presidential debate. Get the popcorn out and watch the fun as he takes potshots from the host and fell wanna be candidates.
Sounds good!
It will be if the rest of the candidates do the usual safe, say-nothing, promise a lot of vague stuff, and talk as if the Democrats are just the guys playing from the other end of the field.
Be bold.
Say things that we can sink our teeth into.
Give us specifics (i.e. “if I’m your president, I’ll bring jobs back to the US”. Oh yeah? HOW???)
And most of all, remind everyone that the Democrats are the party of racial strife, dead babies, lost wars, high prices, electric cars, and vegan bacon!!
Yeah, play the bacon card.
Yep. It’s Trump’s world. The Rinos are just living in it.
It will be a mauling, though not so much on Cruz (I think they are pals)
“traditionally policy-focused event”
LOL!
Traditionally it’s a media enforcement event for their memes and narratives.
From what I’ve seen, Trump has a better grasp of the issues than the others.
For one, Trump has correctly identified the most important issues for the country. He’s the only candidate that demonstrates he understands our international trade policies are causing our high unemployment. And illegal immigration isn’t helping.
The press and RNC may think this is some kind of stage play, where politics as usual reigns, but not this time.
Donald Trump doesn’t think this is a damn show, he thinks it’s a damn fight (a take from a Rocky movie).
This will not be ‘The Apprentice’ my friends.
Trump has to watch out for being SNL'd after his debate appearance. SNL killed it for Gore, just like they did for Dukakis. They learned their lesson after Gore, and now go easy on the Democrats.
Darrell Hammond is just waiting to bring his Trump back. Trump will have to be controlled and watch his mannerisms. This means avoiding excessive use of superlatives like "huge" and "tremendous," or he will be Palinized. He should be matter-of-fact, but confident and knowledgeable.
But most of all, he should be respectful of the debate rules and other candidates' time, unless the others keep stepping on him. Even then, he should be on the lookout for collusion amongst the candidates to try to entrap Trump into an ugly unguarded moment. They want nothing more than to force an angry moment where they can hammer Trump with questions like "is he out of control?" or "how would President Trump behave with Putin?" or "can Trump get along with Congress?"
He has to watch out for the caricature. To counter it, he has to show control, command, and breadth of knowledge.
-PJ
“Will GOP debate be the Trump show?”
That thing is going to break all sort of rating records. Trump will have another hit show.
And, IMHO, he has one thing that NONE of the other candidates in either party has....Wisdom.
...... The water cooler crowd is buzzing .... people are forced to discuss what this Trump guy is talking about. The young folk who, up until this election, probably never knew what a Republican was all about have their ears peaked and perked.
.......Hopefully all America might genuinely be interested in an election. Perhaps the electorate may actually turn out in droves to vote their mind.
No, if specific answers are required, then Trump better have good answers or he is sunk.
So it's either Trump or the questioner that will look stupid.
Actually, Trump can not dominate the debate even if wants to. He will be allocated precisely 1/10 of time.
I think it will be pretty normal debate, with 8 candidates attacking Trump.
But the best strategy, Gingrich added, is to ignore Trump altogether — at least,
to the degree that that’s possible.
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That is the way to approach him and his show but it may not be entirely possible.
I don’t know how Fox has the format set up and if there can be any cross or direct
q/a amongst the participants.
Coming Soon to a tube near you..
The Apprentice
The WH Years
FRee Popcorn with admission.
Wonder how many FReepers supported Newt in the 2012 primary? As much as many liked his statements, including this FReeper - he got nowhere.
“He might be the only person on that stage with nothing to lose,” said one senior Republican campaign adviser, “and he isn’t going down alone.”
I just love this statement it sums up whats wrong with politics.
What do the other candidates have to lose? NOthing really. Walker can go back to being Governor, Jebbie can stay rich and do whatever was keeping him off the streets before he decided he could be President. Rubio can go back to his law firm although we all know he’s going to run for Governor of Fla. Rand Paul can just win another 6 years in the Senate and Ted Cruz can go back to his senate seat and sit down. Carly Fiorna can continue on with increased speaking fees and however many millions she’s already worth. Ben Carson can stay well off and retired. Huck can get his show back on Fox and live in his new multi million dollar house down in Fla. Rick Perry will be popular on the lecture circuit and the lobby racket.
So how ridiculous is that statement that Trump is the only one who has nothing to lose? He’s the only one so far that has lost anything by running.
I sure hope its the trump show.The rest,except Cruz, would put everybody to sleep.