GOP debate talks in disarray as consensus collapses

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

A day after roughly a dozen Republican presidential campaigns came together in a show of force Sunday night to protest the debate process, their fragile consensus collapsed on Monday, with a number of candidates refusing to sign on to a group letter intended to compel TV networks to bow to their demands.

The defections threw the talks into disarray, and by late Monday some senior advisers to GOP candidates were beginning to doubt whether their pact would hold up at all. Just 24 hours after the Republican campaigns declared they were seizing debate negotiating power from the Republican National Committee — and empower themselves to deal with networks — the advisers said they were beginning to consider handing it back.

With four candidates — Donald Trump, Chris Christie, John Kasich and Carly Fiorina — announcing on Monday that they would not sign a letter to networks detailing proposed formats for future debates, some people involved in the talks conceded that it would be difficult to move forward given the lack of unity.

"Things are sinking fast,” said one adviser. “Things sound wobbly,” said another.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/chris-christie-debate-complaints-215432

[saturnsring]

1. grrrr oh never mind

lol

[rpannier]

2. Kasich, Fiorina and Christie are irelevant

Everyone wants to see the klan... i mean clown in action

[tanyev]

3. An apt analogy for what would happen if any of them won the White House.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. Are they so truly clueless to outside appearances?

Talk about a gift to the Dems, but for suffering with an inept and worthless DNC chair. Debts should be all over this, but sadly she is AWOL.

What I do find scary is how the media is basically giving them (GOP) a pass on their foolishness and posturing.

[Nitram]

5. I admit I'm enjoying the GOP nomination reality show.

Those wild and crazy guys and gals always manage to keep it interesting.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

6. I gotta go get more popcorn

The Clown Car Show continues unabated.

[Orrex]

7. A party of leaders

[jberryhill]

8. As if there was going to be any other outcome

Bottom line.... the networks should proceed with the debate schedule on a "if you want to show up, show up; if you don't want to show up, then don't" basis.

The thing is CNN could say,

"We are inviting any GOP candidates who want to be on our network for two hours to dangle upside down at the end of a rope and answer questions posed in Chinese."

Jindal, Graham and Santorum will show up with bells on, and if anyone else shows up, that drags the others along.

Let Trump show his "leadership" by his new plan to "negotiate independently" with the networks, fail, not show up, and take the hit for not being there.

[randome]

9. They can't even whine in harmony.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]There is nothing you can't do if you put your mind to it.
Nothing.[/center][/font][hr]

[Happyhippychick]

10. What if there's a republican primary and nobody shows up? Does that mean it didn't happen?

[liberal N proud]

11. Someone must have asked a question

Questions are the root of all the problems with these assholes, they don't want to be asked any questions that they might have to answer.

[Xipe Totec]

12. They put the CON in consensus nt

[Jim__]

13. Classic: These guys couldn't organize a train wreck.

I'm sure any of them would do great as president.

[FSogol]

14. and yet they want to run the country.

Run or ruin....

[Sunlei]

15. Now we know exactly what Rs are in Collusion with each other and what Rs are on the R ignore list.

I think important information to be gained from this "not a full consensus" collapse.