Discussion: The RNC Is Going With About Nine Debates This Time

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Yeh, Rinse

How many ‘Oopses’ can Republicans overcome?

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“I think a traveling circus of debates is insanity in this party.” Amazing that he would characterize it this way, since that’s exactly what it is: an insane clown posse car of oopses, ten thousand dollar bets, audiences cheering for sickness and death, raised hands in denial of science, etc. I truly cannot wait until these debates begin. It’s an appalling form of entertainment, but I just can’t look away.

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Clapping with excitement. Bets on who will flame out in a debate first? Who will make the first breathtakingly brutal gaff?

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9 is more than enough to showcase the crazy… particularly since, with the number cut down, each of the ones they do have will get a lot more media attention.

Trying to shield their candidates from the public won’t sell them. They need candidates who aren’t, you know, nuts… and if they’re trying to hide them, they probably know that on some level.

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Only nine?

How many times can you sink the same ship?

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If it is tied at the end do we go to extra innings?

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Picking the moderators? Softballs and extra portions of red meat for everyone!

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The less you see of them, the less there is to dislike. Shrewd move.

Bad news for late night comedy, though.

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9 debates? Methinks they’ll expose themselves more than enough.

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No. They are going with SIX debates, and 3 hand-jobs from Fox.

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One more reason why the $$$$ are gonna matter more. A candidate like Santorum is not gonna get a lotta free airtime. 6 debates,at most,before the first ballot is cast. The RNC wants a quick knockout.

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Wouldn’t one be enough?

Seriously?

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Actually laughed out loud at that one.

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Exactly, fewer debates won’t spare them anymore embarrassment. It’ll just mean that the crazy caucus and less well known candidates will have to fight harder for attention, for applause lines and that will force them to be more audacious from the outset. In turn, the establishment candidates will be forced even further to the right as they try to keep up with crazies. There’ll be no avoiding an “Oops” moment. In 2012 the GOP base courted several candidates before finally going with Romney. Fewer debates may mean that when the music stops in this game of musical chairs, the guy who grabs the seat is the one they least want to win the nomination.

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Tom Hanks as Reince Priebus!
Tom Wilkinson as Mike Huckabee!

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Jeezus, Mad Men is going off the air, and now this news? TV is going to suck!

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I’d say Ben Carson’s got a substantial lead in THAT race already!

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I suspect that’s true. It’s fairly obvious that unless something cataclysmic happens, HRC is pretty likely to be the Democratic nominee. They don’t want some long, protracted and nasty fight while HRC is doing the happy warrior across the country.
As for the money issue, I’m wondering if that isn’t something that’s going to come back to bite them in the ass. Santorum and Gingrich were able to stay alive for so long because they each had one very wealthy donor. I can only imagine that’s going to be even worse in 2016 as more rich overlords decide to get in the game. Fewer debates and more money may allow a Santorum or a Cruz to basically run out the clock against a well-funded establishment type.

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A young, sensitive Sal Mineo will play Rince.

http://instinctmagazine.com/sites/instinctmagazine.com/files/images/blog_posts/Nigel%20Campbell/2013/09/30/sal-mineo-2.jpg

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