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Fox 'News' leaves many questions unanswered about debate...
so how fucked is America? fox is controlling the debate.
moderators: Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly and Chris Wallace.
All eyes are on Fox News with five days to go before the first Republican presidential debate.
The clash is set for Thursday in Cleveland, but the network has left much unsaid so far.
The cable network has yet to reveal the polls it will use to decide which 10 of the 17 prominent, declared candidates will win a place at a podium for the main 9 p.m. debate. Those who do not make the cut will be consigned to a lower-profile 5 p.m. event.
The polling issue is only one of the topics that are attracting intense attention from campaign operatives and political observers.
Among the details that people are obsessing over: the positioning of the candidates on the stage, with the beneficial center podiums typically given to the highest-polling candidates while those further down are confined to its edges; the question of whether serious efforts will be made to ensure all candidates get equal airtime; and the broader issue of how the three moderators will exercise some control over an encounter that, on paper, looks like it could teeter on the precipice of chaos.
And then there’s Donald Trump.
When the businessman entered the race on June 16, skeptics thought he would struggle to make the debate stage at all. Instead, he will be its focal point, not only because of his braggadocio but because he is leading in many national polls.
The clash is set for Thursday in Cleveland, but the network has left much unsaid so far.
The cable network has yet to reveal the polls it will use to decide which 10 of the 17 prominent, declared candidates will win a place at a podium for the main 9 p.m. debate. Those who do not make the cut will be consigned to a lower-profile 5 p.m. event.
The polling issue is only one of the topics that are attracting intense attention from campaign operatives and political observers.
Among the details that people are obsessing over: the positioning of the candidates on the stage, with the beneficial center podiums typically given to the highest-polling candidates while those further down are confined to its edges; the question of whether serious efforts will be made to ensure all candidates get equal airtime; and the broader issue of how the three moderators will exercise some control over an encounter that, on paper, looks like it could teeter on the precipice of chaos.
And then there’s Donald Trump.
When the businessman entered the race on June 16, skeptics thought he would struggle to make the debate stage at all. Instead, he will be its focal point, not only because of his braggadocio but because he is leading in many national polls.
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/249977-fox-news-leaves-many-questions-unanswered-about-upcoming-debate
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