The Republican debate on CNN was arranged by Jake Tapper to be a fight that wouldn't help any of the GOP candidates. If you don't believe me, think about it for a minute. First of all, consider what the biggest issue of the campaign is. I don't mean the one that gets the most coverage in the media; I am speaking about the issue about which voters are most concerned. That issue is usually described as "the economy and jobs". Now consider how much time was spent on the candidates' plans for the economy and jobs during the debate. There was a short period when a few of the candidates got to talk about taxes, but nothing else. We heard what the candidates want their Secret Service code names to be. We heard about where people stood ten years ago when the Iraq war began. We heard about whether or not Trump used the bankruptcy laws and whether or not Carly Fiorina was a good CEO at Hewlett Packard. We heard about whether or not a county clerk in Kentucky had to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. But we didn't hear what plans any of the candidates have to get the economy growing again.
Why the silence on the economy? The answer is simple: the moderators didn't ask about it. To be more precise, Jake Tapper didn't ask about it. Hugh Hewitt and Dana Bash hardly go to talk; it was all Tapper, and he wasn't about to have the GOP talking about the economy and helping the middle class. After all, most of these candidates have actual plans to increase economic growth and to promote the availability of jobs for all Americans. If the debate centered on that topic, Tapper's favorite Hillary Clinton would have to come up with a workable plan of her own. All Hillary wants to do is raise the minimum wage as if that will actually help the average American family and get the economy growing again (it won't).
Because the moderators do have control of the topics covered, I believe it is time for the Republican National Committee to step in to make sure that the correct topics are included in the discussion. The RNC ought to declare that the next debate will be about the economy and jobs. That would make sense since the debate is to be televised on CNBC, a business channel. If the debate topic is focused, then it will be hard for the NBC people to start discussing the silly subjects that were included in the CNN debate.
These debates are too important to be left in the control of biased media personalities. The questions can be tough (like the ones in the first debate on Fox News), but they ought to cover the subjects that most people want to hear discussed. CNN and Jake Tapper ought not control the news.
Why the silence on the economy? The answer is simple: the moderators didn't ask about it. To be more precise, Jake Tapper didn't ask about it. Hugh Hewitt and Dana Bash hardly go to talk; it was all Tapper, and he wasn't about to have the GOP talking about the economy and helping the middle class. After all, most of these candidates have actual plans to increase economic growth and to promote the availability of jobs for all Americans. If the debate centered on that topic, Tapper's favorite Hillary Clinton would have to come up with a workable plan of her own. All Hillary wants to do is raise the minimum wage as if that will actually help the average American family and get the economy growing again (it won't).
Because the moderators do have control of the topics covered, I believe it is time for the Republican National Committee to step in to make sure that the correct topics are included in the discussion. The RNC ought to declare that the next debate will be about the economy and jobs. That would make sense since the debate is to be televised on CNBC, a business channel. If the debate topic is focused, then it will be hard for the NBC people to start discussing the silly subjects that were included in the CNN debate.
These debates are too important to be left in the control of biased media personalities. The questions can be tough (like the ones in the first debate on Fox News), but they ought to cover the subjects that most people want to hear discussed. CNN and Jake Tapper ought not control the news.
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