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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump and Ben Carson threaten to boycott next GOP debate if they don't get their way
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-carson-threaten-boycott-gop-debate-article-1.2399086?cid=bitlyafter all,
it is
their way ...
and the rest of us are just in it.
woodsprite
(11,854 posts)murielm99
(30,659 posts)Who cares? Let's see how that affects their standing with the voters.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)still is lower than a dim light bulb
murielm99
(30,659 posts)But the low IQ voters have been bringing us tea baggers, and governors like Walker and Rauner. It makes me afraid.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Walker would have never won an election if it was during a presidential election year. The highest number of votes he has ever received has never exceeded the number of votes Russ Feingold received when his election was during a presidential election term. Even Tammy Baldwin had way more votes than Scott Walker.
The problem is simple - we have shitty voters and many times we have shitty candidates who fail to excite democratic voters during mid-terms. I watched the New Jersey special elections when Cory Booker ran for Senate and they had a huge turnout. Which is probably why Chris Christie spent an extra $24 million in NJ Tax Dollars to hold that election 4 weeks before his 2009 Governor Election. He didn't want to risk that higher than usual voter turn out for his lower voter turn out for an odd year election.
Russ Feingold is polling extremely well in Wisconsin and will probably easily win back his senate seat.
WillowTree
(5,325 posts)Considering the current polling numbers among the Republican roster, CNBC can't count on more than the immediate families of the remaining candidates plus 7 or 8 people whose remotes are broken if those two don't show up.
pnwmom
(108,925 posts)The fact that they had more than twice as many candidates to stuff into their three hours seems to be beyond their comprehension.
madamesilverspurs
(15,784 posts)world wide wally
(21,719 posts)Javaman
(62,444 posts)onenote
(42,383 posts)That's a sentence i never ever expected to hear.
But the candidates ought to be afforded an opportunity to make opening and closing statements. And the candidates are right to insist on it.
WHile they didn't write a letter to that effect, on a conference call that preceded the letter, most of the campaigns, including Bush, Rubio, etc. also argued that there should be opening and closing statements. While only Paul and Cruz were willing to join Trump and Carson in threatening not to appear, that just reflects the fact that Bush and Rubio are too chicken to try to push back on the media (and would absolutely love to finally have the stage without Trump on it).
But the substance of their demands is pretty reasonable, imo.
ZX86
(1,428 posts)While I think opening and closing statements are only fair my main reason is because we'll get about 5 more minutes of actual content and 55 more minutes of commercials. It's a scam for the network to make more money. They couldn't care less about the candidates desire to get their message heard or keeping the viewing public informed.
Johonny
(20,685 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)but would anyone notice Doctor Batshit Cray-fuckin-zee being gone? He appears to be heavily, though not heavily-enough, medicated and on the verge of going to sleep on his feet, much like a cow.