This is what I have thought and been saying all along. It has been very distressing to me to see our candidates open themselves up to this type abuse from moderators and the other candidates. They have allowed themselves to be formed into a circular firing squad and in the attempt are destroying our chances to win the big game, the world series or American Idol of politics, the presidency of the United States. I agree completely with this post by Ed Morrisey.
Memo to the RNC: End the game shows
There’s a nasty rumor going around, and I want to put a stop to it. Some people are spreading an untruth — that Republicans have had too many debates. We haven’t had any debates. We’ve had game shows, complete with doorbells and G-mail chimes. And unlike Jeopardy!, we’re not learning much from the debates except which candidates can deliver the best zinger, which is a great quality … for a late-night TV comic. Which politician can deliver the best policy outcomes? The debates aren’t telling us that at all.
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The RNC should take a lesson from two of its candidates. This weekend will feature a two-hour, “Lincoln-Douglas” style debate, sponsored by the Texas Tea Party PAC, between Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain. …
This format could be easily adapted for upcoming debates. Instead of having all eight candidates on stage at once, pair them off to conduct shorter “Lincoln-Douglas” debates on particular policy issues, rotating pairings in each event. (The November 22 debate is already scheduled as a foreign-policy debate, for instance.) Let the debate run for two hours; with eight candidates, each pairing could have 30 minutes (or 25 minutes to accommodate commercial break). Give each candidate eight minutes for their statements, and then four minutes each for rebuttals and a minute for a buffer. The only rules would be that microphones would go dead when time expires and that candidates should refrain from discussing an opponent in a different pairing.
This format would give Republicans another advantage, one which the RNC and the candidates could have used from the beginning. Since the debates would not require dozens of questions being pitched from the stage, there would be no opportunity for media personalities to push the discussions in any particular direction, insert their own narratives, or — most especially — provoke the candidates into attacking each other.
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The DNC should pay attention as well. They don’t have to worry about primary debates this year, but four years from now they’ll have to put their candidates through the same wringer. In that case, Democratic voters will end up being ill-served by the process, and the quality of their eventual nominee won’t be improved by it, either. (ed note: There is no way the liberal media will participate in destroying DNC candidates with the joy they have for destroying Republicans.)Let’s put an end to American Idol: White House and demand something better for American voters.
