All posts tagged "presidential debate"

Republican Presidentiables express their stand on different vital issues of the country during the sixth Republican Presidential...

(Newt Gingrich) – Wednesday night’s presidential debate on CNBC may go down in history as a major turning...

(Fred Weinberg) – If there was ever an exhibition of what is wrong with corporate America, it was on full display by Comcast subsidiary NBC Universal last night as CNBC hosted the Republican field of candidates for a debate. Apparently, Presidential debates have made it to pay TV before the World Series. Not...

(Chuck Muth, Citizen Outreach) – The Republican Party. The stuck on stupid party.  The stupid is as stupid does party.  The fell-out-of-the-Stupid-Tree-and-hit-every-branch-on-the-way-down party. The party of such metaphysical stupidity that it continues to allow media outlets trying to make news and make a buck to host Republican presidential candidate debates and pick their...

(Rich Galen, Mullings.com) – Here is what we’ve learned about the candidates through the first two GOP debates: Donald Trump is not only unafraid to play the rich kid in the schoolyard; he revels in it. Ben Carson doesn’t know what he’s talking about, but he says it in a very gentle and...

The forum precludes rational discussion (David Bier & Daniel Bier, FEE) – If you’re looking for a sober...

(Stuart Rothenberg, Roll Call) – Given there are still four and one-half months until the Iowa caucuses, why...

(Rick Manning, NetRightDaily.com) – I hated the CNN debate format. Structured like a giant mud-wrestling match, CNN moderator,...

(Emily Cahn, Simone Pathé & Eli Yokley, Roll Call) – After bullying his way through the first Republican...

(Jim Clark) – What can we conclude about the first GOP presidential candidate mega-debate (24 million viewers according to Nielsen). There is a consensus that Carly Fiorina won the “happy hour” debate among the 7 candidates with lower poll numbers. As far as the 10 candidate main event, it depends on who you ask. Respected...

(Rick Manning, NetRightDaily.com) – And they’re off. The Republican presidential campaign is off and running with the first...

(Thomas Mitchell) – Donald Trump is a bully, who can dish it out but whines and whimpers and simpers when someone slaps his face for being crude, rude and a sexist pig. After Megan Kelly asked Trump about calling women he did not like “fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals,” Trump denied it....

(Rich Galen, Mullings.com) – We’ve probably gone over this before, but there are some immutable rules for the staff surrounding political debates. First of all, reporters don’t watch debates from the hall. There are some in the “pool” – the group that watches from inside the hall in case a fight breaks out...