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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP Candidates Are Revolting
The Republican effort to stage a united front on debate reforms began to crumble Monday night as several campaigns announced that they would not sign a letter of demands to debate media sponsors.
Late Monday afternoon, less than 24 hours after campaigns gathered outside Washington to discuss the reforms, Donald Trump's campaign announced that the GOP frontrunner would negotiate independently with the media organizations, spurning the other campaigns who had hoped to make a unified effort.
John Kasich's campaign said it too was "declining to sign the letter." Speaking to reporters, the Ohio governor said he hadn't given any thought to the effort to overhaul the debates. "Whatever we're doing, that's what we'll do. Play it where it lies," he said.
Minutes later, in an email to CNN, the Chris Christie campaign said it would not be signing the letter either, a move that had been anticipated by the New Jersey governor's own remarks in an interview with Fox News Monday morning: "Stop complaining," Christie had said of his rivals. "Do me a favor, set up a stage, put podiums up there and let's just go."
Late Monday afternoon, less than 24 hours after campaigns gathered outside Washington to discuss the reforms, Donald Trump's campaign announced that the GOP frontrunner would negotiate independently with the media organizations, spurning the other campaigns who had hoped to make a unified effort.
John Kasich's campaign said it too was "declining to sign the letter." Speaking to reporters, the Ohio governor said he hadn't given any thought to the effort to overhaul the debates. "Whatever we're doing, that's what we'll do. Play it where it lies," he said.
Minutes later, in an email to CNN, the Chris Christie campaign said it would not be signing the letter either, a move that had been anticipated by the New Jersey governor's own remarks in an interview with Fox News Monday morning: "Stop complaining," Christie had said of his rivals. "Do me a favor, set up a stage, put podiums up there and let's just go."
http://money.cnn.com/2015/11/02/media/gop-candidate-revolt/
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GOP Candidates Are Revolting (Original Post)
pamela
Nov 2015
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NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)1. exactly as your OP states - the candidates are indeed revolting!
and disgusting, ridiculous, inappropriate, unqualified - and numerous other adjectives!
MADem
(135,425 posts)2. My thoughts went in the same direction! nt
pamela
(3,469 posts)3. Yeah, I was going to put this in LBN...
but I would have had to use their headline ad I thought mine was more appropriate. I can't believe these whiny babies aren't receiving more ridicule for their diva antics.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)7. And it's a fastball in the middle of the zone, he swings and... Holy parking lot it's outta here!
stage left
(2,962 posts)4. Yes. they are.
Some are more revolting than others.
longship
(40,416 posts)5. Well played, pamela. Well played.
Here is a doughnut, and an R&
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And my best regards to you.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)6. They are now discovering that voters see them as whiny crybabies!
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Laxman
(2,419 posts)9. You Said It....
they stink on ice!
Recursion
(56,582 posts)10. You're tellin' me! They stink on ice! (nt)
Hayduke Bomgarte
(1,965 posts)11. GOP Candidates Are Revolting
Yes. Absolutely. They are also vile, corrupt, repulsive, reprehensible. They are, though, multi-talented in that they manage to pull off those qualities while being owned mind body and soul.