[conservative98]

This is the power Trump holds. He enjoys something rare in politics these days — a huge following backed by a second-to-none star power. And so, instead of engaging in presidential politics in the usual-usual boring ways, which would be to elevate his opponents by appearing in these dumb debates, he plays the game his way … and he plays to win.

[teeman8r]

hehehe... look for cnn to reschedule their event...

[1Old Pro]

a few of the dummies running for the Republican presidential nomination have agreed to allow far-left CNN to host a debate in Iowa. File that under Why we lose.

Fire Ronna for allowing this.

[Freee-dame]

This sounds like a wolf in sheep’s clothing. I remember Trump’s so-called Townhall in 2020 which was held at the Lincoln Memorial. I believe that Brett Baier and Martha MacCallum were the hosts.

It was during Covid which gave Fox News the chance to collect many video clips and carefully choose the ones that were mostly negative for Trump. In an almost 2 hour show, IIRC there were two neutral questions, one Trump supporter question and all the rest were people giving speeches attacking Trump. He was given very little time to respond. Trump is great with people but did not do so well against such terrible odds.

Brett Baier and Martha MacCallum seemed to know which topics were coming next. They had their snide and/or combative comments ready on papers on their laps

[Fledermaus]

With Brett and Martha, what’s the difference with CNN?

[monkeyshine]

Yup. The politics behind the politics. The GOP gave this up. Fox News doesn’t want to lose viewers to CNN, so they counter program the debate with a town hall featuring the leader in the race. I can partly understand why GOP went to CNN - they need to deliver messages to people who may not otherwise hear them. But knowing Trump would not attend, they should have just stuck with networks the GOP primary voters will watch.

[Golden Eagle]

Trump still hiding from any real questions.

He dropped out of a town hall in Iowa the other day when he heard he would have to take questions from students.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-christian-school-event-canceled-after-fight-over-student-questions/ar-AA1mdjE6

[Kazan]

So, for one hour Fox News will be worth watching again.

[TBP]

The RNC says only Trump, DeSantis, and Haley qualified for the debate, and Trump has scheduled this town hall at the same time, so it looks like the debate will be DeSantis and Haley one on one.

[rdl6989]

All ten people watching CNN will be bored to tears.