Duh. About time. When conservatives complain about the harm that the endless debate schedule had on the 2012 Republican primary candidates, the conversation often turns to the hosts and the moderators. Why are Republican candidates letting someone like ABCâs George Stephanopoulos â a former aide to Democrat Bill Clinton â ask them âgotcha questionsâ during a GOP primary? Why are GOP presidential hopefuls agreeing to meet for a debate hosted by an outlet like MSNBC, a cable network that has increasingly grown hostile to Republicans as it self-identifies as a liberal news network? As the Republican Party released a 100-page report on Monday about what the party can do better to win elections, committee members are recommending that the Republican National Committee step in to regulate these televised showdowns come 2016. And RNC chairman Reince Priebus told The Daily Caller that the party does not only want to reduce the number of debates. The RNC, he said, also wants to explore the possibility of choosing who actually asks the questions during the debates. âI think the party should have more control over who moderates, and we should have more control over the partners,â Priebus told TheDC. âAnd if we can come up with a mechanism to take more control over the debate processes, thatâs what weâre going to try to do.â During a press availability, Ari Fleischer, former White House press secretary under George W. Bush, told TheDC that choosing moderators is âpossibleâ but âcomplicated.â Fleischer helped lead the committee of those who helped draft the RNCâs Growth and Opportunity Project report released Monday. âAt its core, the debates have to be hard hitting, they have to be credible,â he said. âWhoever the moderators are, they got to be independent. ⦠They also have to be fair.â In a separate interview, Fleischer said Republicans could even consider asking non-journalists like respected Republican strategist Ed Gillespie to moderate. âWhat if Ed Gillespie moderated the debate and drilled candidates with questions that are legitimate and hard-hitting?â he asked. But Fleischer admitted that taking complete control of the debates could be risky and counterproductive. In the case the RNC decides to host the debates themselves, he said âit could cost between half a million and a million dollars per debate.â âItâs a very expensive thing to do,â Fleischer said. âIt also doesnât come with a guarantee that anybody would broadcast it in its entirety, so itâs a risky thing to do.â Under that scenario, Fleischer also said some networks might opt against airing the debate if a moderator comes from another network, which would defeat the purpose of the debates. âIn my opinion, thereâs no point of taking the debates back if we keep them to ourselves,â he said. âThe purpose of the the debate is to have it aired on TV for multiple millions of people to watch and therefore we have to work cooperatively with our broadcast partners.â In his remarks before journalists Monday, Priebus lamented that in 2008 and 2012, âthe debates multiplied and were out of the control of the RNC.â âThis cycle there were 20 total debates â the first, eight months before the Iowa caucuses,â he said. âThe report contrasts this with 1980, when there were six debates and â88, when there were seven.â âSo with an eye toward the recommendations, the RNC will create a system that sets earlier guidelines for a more rational number of debates,â he said. âWe will take a leading role in organizing the debates â and will work with state parties and our rules committee to ensure balance in every aspect.â Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/18/r...2016-primary-debate-moderators/#ixzz2NzixCg9x
GOP might just as well fold its tent. American parasites have reached "critical mass". They will ALWAYS now vote for "more government, more freebies at the expense of others"... and the Dems will run on that platform. (Even that IGNORANT CUNT Maxine Waters could win the presidency on the "parasite platform". Americans no longer vote for a candidate... they vote "who they are"... the parasite class will always vote parasite... regardless of the issues/candidates.) We're doomed as a free and capitalistic culture/economy.