RNC cuts 2016 debate schedule to 12 events - includes debate schedule

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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republicans-slash-presidential-debate-schedule-2016/story?id=28278432

After suffering some 2012 debate fatigue when Republican candidates met to discuss issues more than two dozen times, the Republican National Committee announced today it would be restricting the number of debates in the 2016 election cycle to a total of just 12.

The RNC confirmed at its winter meeting in San Diego that there will definitely be nine debates, with the possibility for three more being added.
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preliminary debate schedule:

Fox News -- August 2015, Ohio

CNN -- September 2015, California

CNBC -- October 2015, Colorado

Fox Business -- November 2015, Wisconsin

CNN -- December 2016, Nevada

Fox News -- January 2016, Iowa

ABC News -- February 2016, New Hampshire

CBS News -- February 2016, South Carolina

NBC/Telemundo -- February 2016, Florida
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Looks like they want to have the nominee decided on Super Tuesday.
 
Lots to like about this and some to dislike. Only the last 4 debates are going to matter much, other than possible major errors in the first 5. The Jan. debate will mostly just matter in IA. The Feb. debates will mostly just matter in NH, SC, and FL. Every additional debate added after that becomes increasingly important.

With fewer debates, there is a much lower chance the Republican nominee will say things that will hurt him in the general election. With strongly partisan Democrats not being allowed to moderate the debate, the focus will be more positive and hopefully less on highly controversial issues. Still, it was nice attending 2 debates last year. It was also nice attending the Youth for Paul debate watching party. Only 1 debate in NH just seems wrong. Hopefully this will lead to more retail campaigning.
 
I don't seem to understand how they can limit the debates like this. What's stopping any major network from just inviting all the candidate to an unofficial debate?
 
Matt McGuire said:
I don't seem to understand how they can limit the debates like this. What's stopping any major network from just inviting all the candidate to an unofficial debate?
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The candidates will get penalized in their delegate count if they participate :mad:
 
It also cuts way down on opportunities for us little people to show up and damage their carefully choreographed and scripted "debates". With much fewer debates for people to attend, expect them all to be filled to the brim with establishment attendees that get all of the tickets and little to no general admission tickets for the rest of us. I went to three debates in 2012. I expect zero in 2016.
 
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RNC cuts presidential primary debates to nine

The debates damage the GOP brand? LOL So the less information the voters have about the candidates, the better?

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-many-gop-presidential-debates-is-too-many/

The Republican National Committee announced Friday it would limit the number of presidential primary debates and forums during the 2016 election cycle, acting on concerns that the seemingly endless series of primary debates in 2012 damaged the party's nominee and brand ahead of the general election.

The new rules issued Friday would cut the total number of primary debates dramatically, to at least nine. The first debate will take place in August in Ohio, and the next eight debates will run through February 29, 2016, just after the South Carolina primary. Those eight events, in chronological order, will be held in California, Colorado, Wisconsin, Nevada, Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Florida. Sponsors include CBS News, Fox News, CNN, CNBC, Fox Business Network, ABC News, and NBC/Telemundo.

Each media outlet will set its own threshold for candidate participation, according to the RNC. Those thresholds will likely become more stringent as the primaries continue and the field of candidates is winnowed.
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There were 27 GOP debates and forums in 2012, according to Election Central, if you count the two "Lincoln-Douglas" debates that pitted Newt Gingrich against Herman Cain in one and against Jon Huntsman in the other. Party leaders believe the numerous opportunities for candidates to attack one another took a toll.

"I'm trying to limit the opportunity we have to kill each other," RNC Chairman Reince Priebus told the Washington Post. "I've always tried to be a person that sells what I control. I don't like to sell things I don't control. I don't control people's mouths, that's for sure, but what I do control is the length of time we have to kill each other."

Priebus said 2012 debates were "an embarrasment" and "ridiculous," and he vowed after the election to bring the debate process under a tighter yoke by the time 2016 came around.
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AFAIC, with few exceptions, Republican candidates are embarrassing and ridiculous.

The new rules include stiff penalties aimed at forcing candidates to adhere to the prearranged debate schedule: any candidate who participates in a non-sanctioned debate would be banned from subsequent forums.

The new rules also give the RNC a greater degree of control over the moderators and sponsors of the debates -- a move borne out of concern that some mainstream media outlets wouldn't give Republican candidates a fair shake. Details are sketchy, but in a press release, the RNC expressed a desire for a larger "conservative media presence" during the debate season.
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"By constructing and instituting a sound debate process, it will allow candidates to bring their ideas and vision to Americans in a timely and efficient way," said Priebus in a press release announcing the new debate schedule. "This schedule ensures we will have a robust discussion among our candidates while also allowing the candidates to focus their time engaging with Republican voters. It is exciting that Republicans will have such a large bench of candidates to choose from, and the sanctioned debate process ensures voters will have a chance to gain a chance to hear from them."
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Mmm hm.

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And I bet they will try to have as many candidates in the race for as long as possible to reduce the time available for someone like Rand to focus down on his opponents.
 
Have they come up with actual objective criteria on who gets to participate in the debates?
 
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More good news.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-many-gop-presidential-debates-is-too-many/
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King Priebus said:
"I'm trying to limit the opportunity we have to kill each other," RNC Chairman Reince Priebus told the Washington Post. "I've always tried to be a person that sells what I control. I don't like to sell things I don't control. I don't control people's mouths, that's for sure, but what I do control is the length of time we have to kill each other."

Priebus said 2012 debates were "an embarrasment" and "ridiculous," and he vowed after the election to bring the debate process under a tighter yoke by the time 2016 came around.
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This guy needs to go. Never thought I'd want Steele back....

That whole article is disturbing. RNC may as well just come out and say it will hand select (per their authoritarian new rules of course) the nominee and fuck everyone else.
 
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