I have wondered, since the first debate, why the GOP candidates submit to the inane, attack questions that CNN and MSNBC give to them in debates. They should stay away from any debate that isn't sponsored by a conservative group. To expect a fair exchange with a liberal organization is crazy.

Q.) Are you tired of the Leftmedia administering the GOP debates?

A.) Yes, and so are the other 51% of Americans that are carrying the burden of the 49% that pay no taxes and are a drain on our economy. Americans will vote their pocketbooks in 2012 (assuming we have free elections - which is not a given). That is why the NWO has to "orchestrate" the selection of a Republican candidate that they own because they know that Obama cannot win in November.

I am tired of the leftist media holding GOP debates. Why would the GOP let Clinton network news run their debate?

Sometimes I think this is all a dog+pony show.Set up by the big money Sorros guy.

The man elected President in 2012 must focus on the economy and jobs. Nearly all questions should be on that subject. Other related subjects could be taxes, spending and the deficit. No other questions.

"Very conservative women want their kids, their daughters taking birth control." --former DNC head Howard Dean...Not no but HELL NO, I don't want my daughter (now 14) to start taking birth control you raving lunatic

May I simply say, "yes -- a thousand times yes?"?

We need to stop the circle firing squad and take aim at the trespasser in the WH. Obama doesn't have to spend any of his billion dollar war chest if we keep doing his campaigning for him..

The Republicans need to establish their own ground rules for any and all future dabates.

The media is determined to make every effort to lead the discussion away from substance, and towards any trivia the media believes will be useful in making the Republicans look like fools.

Why do the Republican candidates allow the lame stream media to be the one interviewing? The dipsticks from the left are going all out to make the candidates look foolish with their "gotcha" questions. Republicans become victims of their own folly.

At least get some who are neutral (if there are any.)

Who's idea was this and what Republican in his/her right mind would sign off on it? It is a given that during the general election debates that the liberal media will declare Obama the winner, no matter how he does. The Republicans should have at ;east had more objective moderators for the Primary. Now they will be 0 for 2! Not good!

I must admit Newts way of shutting down the liberal media is refreshing…..let’s see if that can continue once we have a candidate?? Or if Obama will get offf with one word answers or skirting the question.

There are two problems with the debates:

1. The left media is controlling the agenda.

2. The candidates are belittling the other candidates, instead of presenting their solutions to the day's political issues.

It is time to start talking as statesmen and serious presidential candidates.

Yes. I have never understood why Republicans enter the enemy camp to get their message across. This is the height of stupidity.

In answer to the first question---ABSOLUTELY!!!

Whose idea is it ot have these cotton-minded liberals be the moderators?? My 4 year old grandson could ask more intelligent and pertinent questions!!!!

YES! Why do the candidates agree to this? They know what's going to happen.

The debates hosted by MSNBC and CNN have been particularly annoying. They have served to show the bias and agenda of the media questioners. We need to hear from the candidates but much of these debates hosted by Obama's footmen have become circuses. Entertaining only because we watch just how left the hosts can be.

Unfortunately, the ones hosted by Fox News weren't much better.

its over...moving to new zealand to raise sheepskin condoms...

YES!!! I have stopped watching News from all Net-Work News...

I only watch Fox News, the rest of my news gathering is done mostly from Townhall.com and Patriot Post...

It is totally not right. The liberal media has no interest in learning about the candidates. They just want to try to trip them up and make them look bad. Someone [with half a brain] needs to have some say in the questions. FOX news needs to host another debate. At least it would be more fair and balanced.

And when did media interviewer as debator become the norm? Ask a question already, and let the candidates answer w/o all this challenge & interruption already!

With the hope that our Repulican Party is reading these messages; let me ask IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE?! Do they need shock treatments to the brain for them to understand the nonsense and defeat they are courting by continuing to allow anti conservative media to set the agenda and control the game?

What does it take to get this Party on track?

I am tired of debates. Period. Debating is a skill that requires coaching and practice. It is only one of the skills a candidate for office needs. Yes, I think debates have some value, but they should be limited. Can you imagine Harry Truman in a debate?

As to the liberal/consrvative news issue I suggest names be put in a hat and drawn to see who airs the debate and who asks the questions.

In the Eugene Robinson (Washington Post) column today, his criticism of Santorum claims the Republican candidate is well outside the mainstream because he has a problem with homosexual acts, gay marriage & abortion.... He goes on to say "his Ozzie and Harriet ideas about family life place him in a different solar system"..... Really?

Mr. Robinson evidently doesn't know much about family life that includes a husband and wife with children that love and live as a cohesive unit.. As far as I know, civilization was built on family units....

Me being one of those right-wing idiots! I believe it is necessary for our candidates to visit the enemy’s home ground. How else will we every get our message out to the masses that refuse to visit the Fox News Network? However during these debates, our candidates should call the moderators on these idiot questions and ask politely for a more relevant question.

Where is the Republican Party? They should be managing the debates for their party primary rather than letting the idelogical opposition manage it.

I doubt the Giants would have won the super bowl if the Patriots facilitated the their offense game plan.

Would Democrats let the Republican Party's Communications Division run a Democrat Debate? So why do Republicans let the "mainstream" news networks moderate a Republican debate, when those networks are nothing more than an arm of the Obama 2012 Campaign?

If the Republican candidates want to answer relevant questions about Iranian nukes, economic growth, controlling government spending, domestic energy production, judicial appointments, and the proper relationship between the individual and the state, rather than answer irrelevant questions about contraception, ex-wives and income tax returns, the GOP will have to sponsor its own debates and buy the air time.

The media are ALL patholigical communist liars.

Obama will win re-election in November. It won't be due to those who follow politics and the course of this great country. Rather the quasi-illiterate sheep that are persuaded by the billion dollar slogan campaign of Obama will decide our future. Every developed nation since the Babylonian Empire has fallen for one reason...moral relativism. Founded a moral nation under laws of God, we find ourselves behaving as though any individual can set their own ethical standards. It is this moral relativism that has brought our country to the precipice we now face. It is the same moral relativism that will see to the eventual destruction of America. A new President, or a new congress won't stop the degradation of our society. Only returning to God may we return to the former glory (and blessing) we had at our countries inception.

The media should be embarrassed with what they have done. Who can do a decent job and is willing to run a debate they can be proud of? Republican candidates need to agree to walk off the stage enmass the first time the media asks a useless question designed to belittle and ridicule.

If the questions posed by John King and George Stephanopolis do not convince anyone of the folly of liberal controlled media hosting the Republican debates, they are so biased themselves that nothing could convince them.

The leftmedia monopolizes the airwaves, so I would suggest having leaders of other countries set the agenda for the debates on the mainstream networks and be the ones asking the questions. The leaders in Canada, the UK, Germany, etc. would probably ask questions with some substance rather than the inanities asked by the leftmedia.

Yes

To put it in the simplest terms - YES. The liberal media should be side tracked - The RNC could and should correct this.

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Obama will win re-election in November. It won't be due to those who follow politics and the course of this great country. Rather the quasi-illiterate sheep that are persuaded by the billion dollar slogan campaign of Obama will decide our future. Every developed nation since the Babylonian Empire has fallen for one reason...moral relativism. Founded a moral nation under laws of God, we find ourselves behaving as though any individual can set their own ethical standards. It is this moral relativism that has brought our country to the precipice we now face. It is the same moral relativism that will see to the eventual destruction of America. A new President, or a new congress won't stop the degradation of our society. Only returning to God may we return to the former glory (and blessing) we had at our countries inception.

That Leftmedia was considered to air the GOP debates is another good example of why the GOP loses elections. It's the kind of flat-footed, clueless approach we've all come to know and despise.

I don't watch the debates. I realized early on that I don't really learn anything from them. I think in their current format they are a waste of time.

Hell YES! This is ridiculous. They never cover the issues of Obama's record.

Yes, I\m sick and tired of them. Why do most of the debates have to be hosted by the liberals? The only one I really enjoyed was the one hosted by Brett Bier (spelling?)of the Fox Network.

If the RNC had any interest in promoting a fiscal conservative they would have already done so.

One of the best questions during the debates was from a Washington Post reporter during the WP debate. The lady asked, "why no one had been put in prison for the sub-prime meltdown"? If I recall Bachmann answered first explaining that, "we(Congress) had caused it with the Community Reinvestment Act, Fannie....". Then the stunned reporter asked Newt and Mitt the same question and they confirmed it was Congress that caused the bubble and meltdown. So then everyone got quiet any they changed topics.

I think people need to be put on trial even if they are in Congress.

Just kidding, if the RNC is good with it the law should not apply.

Barry Payne, Titular Despot Emeritus

I would be a wonderful thing if the Republican debates could be run by an UNbiased group . . . . wherever you could find one.

OF COURSE, I'M DISGUSTED W/THE LEFTIST ORGANIZING THE DEBATES. HOWEVER, THE STUPID PARTY, DESERVES ALL THEY GET FM. THE LEFTIST MEDIA. THEY DO NOT BELONG IN ANY PROPAGANDA DEBATES BUT HAVEN'T THE STRENGTH NOR SENSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. IT'S NO WONDER THAT THEY ARE LOOKING DOWNRIGHT MORONIC. THEY ARE A LAUGHING STOCK! I AM AN INDEPENDENT AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN DUE TO THE TWO JOKE PARTIES THAT WE'VE HAD IN THIS COUNTRY FOR SOOOOO LONG. WE NOW HAVE VERY LITTLE TIME TO CHANGE THINGS, BUT DON'T TELL THE STUPID PARTY, AS THEY'LL HAVE TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT FOR THEMSELVES, IF EVER.

CPAC USED TO BE A GREAT ORG. BUT NOW HAS BEEN INVADED BY THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, ET AL. TO WHERE DO WE RETURN? DEFINITELY NOT TO THE STUPID PARTY!

I'M GLAD TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME VENTING. IT WILL NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO EXPLAIN THIS TO THE STUPID PARTY, AS THEY WOULDN'T GET IT.

VERY SAD FOR THIS COUNTRY!!!!!

You bet I am tired of the MSM trying to make the canidates look like idiots. Some (most of the questions they ask are realy dumb and they are asked to get the different canidates to say something that they can jump on.

I agree 100%!!!

The GOP is absolutely INSANE to allow Democrat Party hacks from the media to manipulate these debates.

The sole purpose of the moderators from PBS, CNN, ABC, etc. is to promote the Democrat's agenda and distort the messages and responses of the Republican candidates.

I sure am. And I'm REALLY sick of Fox News ignoring Ron Paul!!!

I love seeing your web site. Thanks for all you do.

Did Obama send 100 US soldiers to Uganda or was that just a bad dream I had???

There is no mention, that I have seen, of this movement.

As a combat officer from Vietnam, I have empathy for those soldiers. In reality they are mercenaries for Sorros at minimum wage and not volunteering.

I know George Sorros has investments in the country and is having some very strong opposition from it's dictator.

I know you cannot answer all e mails but I would like a response if possible.,

Sincerely,

"You know, comrades, that I think in regard to this: I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this — who will count the votes, and how." (Stalin - who admired Chicago politics ;-)

I could not agree more. I can not agree more than that the Mainstresm Media is bias to the LEFT. Anyone that relies only on the MSM has their head where the sun does't shine!

If there are any intelligent journalists remaining within the Leftmedia, they should look at the role of "journalists" in the Socialist Dictatorships of the Soviet Union, Germany, Italy, and Venezuela. I now more clearly understand the definition of "fool."

I believe the liberal media is to blame for all the liberalism in america. They are nasty people and do not tell the truth in many instances

I have watched the debates and have not liked the way they went. I would Li.e to see more on the economy, the middle east, the violation of the Constitution and less of the personal sniping. The Stephanopolis questioning was inane!

To: veritas lux mea

In case you didn't see this in Monday's Patriot Post...

I'm not taking a 2nd Amendment/gun control position on Santoruim, either way. Right now, I want, and we all need, facts.

You quoted information from Dudley Brown's group, the NAGR. I'm sorry for not exactly trusting the NAGR, but compared to the NRA, the NAGR is a fledgling organization. Does the NRA confirm this information in the NAGR site?

Moreover and even better, can you find and post either text or links, from a government public record site, that shows exactly how Santorum voted on these bills? If you could, you would really clear up the record on this issue.

I don't propose to be be informed enough to state how the debates should be held, but why not have debates wherever and not inform the candidates ahead of time the nature of the questions, input welcome.

This is something I have been yelling at the top of my lungs for years. It is beyond ridiculous and the reason the leftists keep pushing the debates through the aforementioned media outlets is because they get to control the tone, the rhetoric, the topics, etc....because if the debates were about the real issues, we wouldn't have had Clinton or O'Bummer. To me, nothing is more talk-worthy than the economy, but gay marriage, legalizing drugs, global warming & what color of underwear do you prefer make the top of the list. They have nothing to do with fixing our debt/job problems.

Well, the GOP must have agreed to it. I think that if Santorum doesn't get the nom., he at least will remind the candidates to not play nice with the media. Go to the people, work past the media, ignore their taunts, act like Reagan. Can it happen? I don't know. But I long for it!

@R.K.Smith,

The NWO Elite owns the media and therefore sets the rules for "debate". It is critically important that the NWO get a Republican candidate that they completely control as Obama cannot possibly win in November (think Jimmy Carter). Presidents that cannot be controlled are especially problematic - ask JFK.

What critiera and from what power structure did the decision, to let the lame stream media have anything to do with setting the agenda for the Republican debates, come from???

Under the circumstances it seems obvious to me that "the establishment" (from both parties), both working to bring America "down" to the level of the rest of the world in order to achieve " A New World Order". GLOBALIST in both parties.

@B.C.

"... I'm REALLY sick of Fox News ignoring Ron Paul!!!"

Well, if you think that Fox News is "Fair and Balanced", then you are a fool and have been fooled. Let's look at what Fox has done recently to stay "fair" and "balanced". Fired Judge Napolitano who was the only remaining voice of Constitutional reason left on Fox. Fired Glenn Beck who has successfully launched his own network GBTV. The top shows are O'Reilly and Hannity, and they are mouthpieces for the NWO ensuring that we focus on meaningless tripe.

I specifically avoided the debates because I knew the MSM talking heads were hosting them. I knew, and was proven accurate, that their questions would be either ridiculous or impertinent.

Given the effort the host(s) would exert to keep any substantive debate away from all things 'Obama' it was amazing to me that the GOP sanctioned the debates, unless they were thinking that all but their selectee would be sullied.

The leftist controlled media is doing all it can to make the GOP candidates look silly, foolish and trivial. On the other side, this same leftist media is throwing such adoration at obama so at to make him the messiah. If you've watched and listened carefully, the questions asked by the leftists during these debates, such at they are, are skewed. Nothing is directly "ON"...if a candidate does hit the target, the moderator will intentionally misrepresent what was said, in other words...to skew it to the left.

I'm not only tired of the left media administering the debates I'm tired of the entire debate process.

Candidates are more concerned with their competition than the goal of defeating Obama. I honestly think up until the one candidate is selected then and only then would a one on one debate be of any real value to the voters.

Dog and pony shows just don't get it for me, Give the Candidates air time to voice their agenda and present their case as to why they feel they are the best person for the job, and then refer the voters to their web site for detailed research.

How can we trust the left-wing liberal media to do the right thing when "interviewing" a republican...there has been no honest reporting from, cnn, abc, cbs and certainly not nbc....the word honesty, does not exist in their hearts , mind nor vocabulary when it comes to dealing with republicans.....we had a number of these gutless liars assigned to us in vietnam and the great amount of their "reporting" was at best a LIE and slanted in favor of the north....like that treasonous whore JANE FONDA

Would LOVE another network, but, 1. The RNC was stupid to agree with the venue and 2. Are there really any more moderate public arenas with national broadcastings features available? The left has control and are grabbing more daily.

Yes, I am so fed up with all of them anyway. They are not fair with the candidate's. All the questions asked should be divided up equally between them. and why is it the left will not even put on their station when a Republican debate is to be aired. For instance, CNN is going to air the Republican Debate but when you go to their station, they don't show a "Republican Debate" We have to go on the web to find out when the next on will air. I don't want anything to do with any of them. I will not watch their shows. period.

It scares that those you want to lead our country would let them selves be led around by a left stream media. Wake up before it is to late

We hear enough of this from the "Left". Why won't the "un-biased" media report this? Do they have an agenda that we, the great unwashed, need not trouble ourselves about?

I couldn't agree more. The Left Wing/Statist Media's domination of these Republican Debates is a travesty. I am SICK & TIRED of the double standard for conservatives. I reject outright these so called "fair" debates. Even Fox News has to play gotcha journalism every chance they get. Only truly Conservative organizations should run Republican debates and the Left can continue their one sided Democrat debates. Enough is Enough!

It is not just the left-winged media that screws up any debate, it is the whole cncept that it is a media controlled pseudo-debate.

Any & all debates should be run by the rules of debating. A premise is given and then the contestents make opening statements & given time to rebute it. No questions from the media or attendees.

Could the RNC be any more clueless or vapid? I am astonished that the candidates continue to participate.

I am tired of the media in total. All of this superfulous B.S. doesn't matter. No one running is worse than the current President. Job one is to replace him, even if it is Mickey Mouse. Mickey, nor Newt, Santorum, Romney, Ron Paul would bring the radical baggage, the agenda and certainly none of these candidates would bring self-proclaimed Communists, terrorists, and the many people in the Presidents circle who have Communist ties. I think I read someone say, he is one from the womb to White House.

As much as I despise the slanted views and opinions of the Left Media, the more it's exposed, the more people begin to see the obvious hypocrisy. I do believe Mainstream America is waking up to the corruption and lies they see and hear on Liberal "news and opinion" outlets.

I believe that it is important to realize that this entire election is a spirtual battle, nothing more and nothing less!

The bible tells us that God is not the author of confusion,yet the Republican candidates are falling for all the Liberal's traps! I wonder where that's coming from?!?!

When the Dems have their debates they are being put on by the "friends"........yet we go to the opposition and then expect a fair debate......senseless.

GOP debates should be put on by those in agreement with Republican Principles. If the lames stream media won't cover it, that's OK send it out on the internet and CD's. Obama is the one that needs to be challenged, not us. We need a forum to explain how "Free En terprise" ALWAYS works whenever it is qallowed to and how socialism (Marxism, Fascism, communism, etc. NEVER has) Those idealogies haqve never been able to feed their own people and yet Obama says our system has failed and not worked......WTF.

We need people that will fight the fight not just talk the talk.

Our country is sinking in a mire of overspending and a fuel shortage that puts us at the mercy of people who would like to kill us. Our morals are sinking more each year and in California youngsters can go on line and order condoms and lubricant at no charge and without parental consent. Let's talk about what Obama has promised and what he actually delivered.

Fred Roff

RE: Liberal media............So how can the MSM be blamed for their slanted & controlled GOP debates??

If the Republicans are SO STUPID as to allow the biased media to direct what, how and when the debates and the subject matter are determined, then the candidates and the Rebublican leadership will only get what they deserve....the problem is WHY should the conservative voters pay for this foolishness??

Tired of Bush bashing, Joseph Ellis goes out for a Hail, Mary pass.

"[George Washington] began the political tradition that produced a Union victory in the Civil War, the Federal Reserve Board, Social Security, Medicare and, more recently, Obamacare." --historian Joseph Ellis in Time magazine

Why have the debates chaired by these megalomaniacs at all.

Have the debates on the internet with less biased antagonists.

Tired doesn't begin to describe my reaction to the progressive control of the debates. The adjectives disgusting, disingenuous, deceitful, disreputable, disrespectful, distorted, faulty, illogical, perverse, phantasma, fallacious and heretical all reflect my reaction to the moderators of the debates this political season.

I only hope John King has not learned his lesson (liberals never do) and says something stupid so Newt or someone can land another haymaker. I have no earthly idea why the GOP consented to a series of debates controlled by hostile progressives but when they call me to ask for money I will be sure to ask them.

The debates were a sham. The left has declared that we have no message...but it's difficult to get across with the range of idiot questions. The planting of socialist rabble-rousers in the audiences to try to convey to viewers on TV that "mainstream" Americans disagree with the conservative message is sneaky, diabolical, and criminal. It's a Republican debate, let the Republicans run it so they can debate their strategies among themselves...and let the public decide on that!

The man running for President in 2012 must focus on the economy and jobs. REGARDLESS OF THE ACTUAL QUESTIONS, all ANSWERS should be on those subjects. Other related subjects could be taxes, spending and the deficit. No other ANSWERS are allowed!

Howard Dean is a complete IDIOT!!!! Spoken from a true elitist. I'm sure he would want his 15 year old daughter or granddaughter on birth control. Hey Howard, how about teaching them some morals and values and not that it is ok to have sex with as many people as they can instead of abstaining and simply waiting until they are happily married. He thinks we are ALL just stupid!!

Remember the assistant M-60 gunners, The ammo bearers? That is what the liberal, garbage so-called news outlets are for the Obama regime. They will go to all lengths to do his will. They are trying to make these republican candidates look like they're either a radical, rightwing nutjob, and in many ways they are suceeding. Newt, Rick and Mitt are falling right into their trap. These guys have been vetted so much now by the left, that i've come to the conclusion that the only hope for our country is to elect Congressman Ron Paul. Ron Paul has not wavered, and as soon as the media and repubs start treating him as a viable candidate, only then will i pay attention to them. What's going on at present is laughable.

P.S. I watched the NAACP produced acheivements awards last night on one of the networks, ca'nt remember which one, does'nt matter. Anyway, i really enjoyed seeing a lot of those black folk receiving their due recognition, which in my mind some received awards that they would have overlooked by the Oscars or otherwise.Good for them. I hope it continues.Now the meat of my story:

The chairmans of the NAACP (Mr. Jealous, and the ceo of AARP, i think his name is Rand, not sure, anyway, they were promoting blacks to vote for Obama. They also were having a text that people could call in support of Obama. They turned this event into a political event also.

Our country is in big trouble if this socialist leaning president gets reelected.

Ellen, it is not the STUPID party is is the God Owful Party.

As for FOX holding debates, it is owned by CFR member Murdoch. They are the best of the worst.

News to National Review - the 2016 primaries will be set by the DNC, not the RNC.

Washington's Birthday: We proudly display the country's colors on this day of celebration for the "Father of Our Country." Forget President's Day. In good conscience, my wife of 40 years and I cannot hang the colors out to honor some of the more recent occupants of that office, especially the two that never served a day in military service as I and so many others have.

Have a Blessed Day!

I've been listening for three years to Obama concern for and plan to focus on those who are struggling to get into the middle class. What I want to know is who the hell is concerned for or focused on those of us who are struggling to get out of it, or those who have escaped but are being taxed back into it?

The republicans should stand up and say, Stop! We should take control of our own debates. I am tired of smarmy attitudes and smart-aleck "gotcha questions" from liberal moderators. I want to hear each candidates' plans to bring sanity and common sense to a much smaller government.

Re: Left media and the debates - I am tired of the Left Media...period! With the exception of Fox and PBS (which is really no better then See BS), we have little choice. I tolerate them, because I have to do so, but I take most of what they give me with a grain of salt. Their news shows are not much better then their so-called comedy offerings. (How I Met Your Mother, so nonsensical with all its canned laughter). Ridiculous. If Obama should lose the election, I will be very interested to see how the Left Media handle that.

The Republicans' use of the Left Media to host their debates proves they don't have the intelligence to govern this country.

The RNC should never have agreed to the left media hosting of the debates. Whoever was in charge of that decision should be fired.

Mark,

Would love to see you guys on Facebook, and perhaps Twitter.

What a better way to get the "younger" generation involved, and the message out, to a new generation of Patriots.

What better way to promote the Patriotpost.us!

Go for it!

If it's OK for speculators to take control of how much we pay for gasoline why isn't it OK for the Gov't to step in and set a limit of TWO DOLLARS on gas at the pump? Price controls are sometimes necessary to protect our economy and millions of Americans from the severe financial pain inflictd by a few speculators. We are entering a financjal crisis brought on by rocketing gas prices--ask any commuter--and our weak leadership is choosing to ignore it.

I am not only tired of how the media has handled the debates I am extremely frustrated with the Republican "establishment" for allowing it. Are they so liberal as to think the MSM will give our candidates a fair shake or are they so cowardly they dare not stand up to them?

Stop the world; I want to get off! At 77 years old, if I make it to Nov., I will vote for any real conservative still standing (if indeed we are lucky to have one in the contest)i.e. will there still be one? B.T.W., all you posters and bloggers: please use spell checkers. Thanks.

After watching many of the debates, I'm left in a quandary. Why are these debates sponsored by and led by the left media who also appears to define the lines of questions and to whom addressed? Is this a requirement to get the media time? Why do not the candidates come to an agreement among themselves as to sponsor, lines of questions and where held. Leave the left entirely out of it. Additionally, the venues seem to cater to the younger, the college students, who all seem liberal and thus more interesting in the lurid, shallow,etc.

The Left media runs these debates because that's just

about all the media there is. And they favor Romney,

Santorum and Gingrich because these three rotten

bananas are nothing but thinly-disguised socialists

themselves. Watch a debate with this viewpoint in mind

and you see it. American Free Press should administer

these debates. This would make it clear that there's only

one candidate with integrity, and we all know who he is.

I like the comments, everyone is picking on us. Let's hide our head in the sand and pretend there is no other world except our own. Deal with the media, put out your message and quit making gaffs they can tear you up on.

Do any of you understand how the media works? Next week I will be on Relevant Issues taping the next series of shows for a total of 8. I am not in friendly Territory, neither is my business partner. We spin it so it works. If you shut yourself off then all you are preaching to is the base and face it, your own party is in dissary.

Last Monday and Friday I made the comment, Keep rick Santoriun out of my bedroom. The extremest want small government, I'm down with that, they want to legislate morality and tell me what to do in my bedroom? No, I'm sorry.

these are questions you will have to face now or later. Hide and duck and make you look like you're hiding something hence the uncommitted voters goes with the devil they know best.

I;ve heard finish the border fence, I'll double down and make 2 fences, I'll electrify the fence, I'll put a moat between them and put crocs in it. Lets go to the moon, lets spend, spend, spend. No one has a spending cut plan out there.

I control the media, why can't they?

The Republican (Rino) establishment is getting exactly what it deserves for allowing the mainstream media, with it's radical socialist/leftists, to "moderate" the debates. They get democrats elected, and Conservatives and true republicans looking foolish.

It should be abundantly clear that the Left-media will seize upon any opportunity to divert attention from core issues, i.e. the economy, jobs, sky rocketing gas/oil prices. Until they are willing to honestly examine the performance of our current administration why should anyone think they are objective with respect to the questions posed to these cnadidates.

I think the republicans are nuts for allowing the likes of Brian Willams to have nny thing at all to do with any of their debates, they all know or should know they are cheer leaders for obama.

Not only does OWE BOMB not understand the American Dream, in his "State of the Union" nationally staged re-election speech he called it the American Promise. I havn't heard it since... but I think it is the basis of his belief of what America is all about.

It is difficult to put into words the level of frustration I feel over the way in which these events have been adulterated (like the reporting of so many other events). the American people should rise in horror at being treated with a complete absence of reason and respect. Bravo the fourth estate bankrupt of all intelligent discourse. and nobody noticed. happy birthday Joseph Gobles

I am tired of watching the media trying to create agitation between the candidates.What purpose does it serve other than making the person asking the question look stupid?

Americans want answers to serious problems that our nation faces,not got you questions that serve no purpose.

I dislike it when they spin what a candidate has said in the past to be a truth.That is a total waste of time for the candidate to have to address.Time that could have been on constructive debate.

. "They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety$$, deserve neither liberty nor safety." These networks are responsible for their own demise>!

I have a reply the following comment by Matt Laurer

"Isn't any Republican nominee going to have a problem, and that is, by all indications, the economy is getting stronger".

The economy is getting stronger on the prospect that Obama will be removed from office in eleven months and that the Republicans will control congress.

If, in a few months, it looks like Obama will be re-elected, I'm betting that the stock market will take a big dive and the economy will receed to 2009 levels.

As some candidates opted out of the Trump debate so should all have done the same for any debate organized & operated by the MSM.

Huckabee's format of asking meaningful questions to all candidates individually make a whole lot more sense.

The Lap Dog Media is forever setting up a straw man argument on any topic they throw out to a conservative candidate. They hardly ever ask questions of the candidates that people want the answer to. Of course, this is not the case with The Great One -- then, they throw softballs, or questions they have been told to ask.

why do we have to let them do any more for us??? at least it could be divided by 2 & 2 or whatever # why don't we stop letting them "help us???"

It is obscene they choose the questions and foremat. it is really unbelievable.

I agree! I have not been able to understand why the present candidates ever agreed to these farces. I have yet to hear how any of these people, other than Newt in one unnoticed comment, said that they have a written plan for their actions if elected.

I can only hope that the more they lie and get caught at it that the public continues to catch on to the fact they are just that....liars, and at the very least they learn how biased they are towards agendas that are not good for anybody. Honestly, all that are reporting on is trash!!

Yes, Yes, and Yes - I'm tired of the left-media bias, and grateful for the few TRUE Conservatives who dare challenge them. I'm also glad I'm now retired from the Army so that I can voice my opinion.

I haven't watched any of them and refuse to as long as they're not debates but televised "gotcha" sessions run by the Demorat National Committee. Why do Republicans think they'll be liked if they let the Demorats abuse them perpetually? Sure everyone sticks up for the underdog, but when the underdog keeps putting himself in that position it gets very tiring very quickly.

You Betcha!

I'm so tired of the LEFT MEDIA, they make me want to puke.

I have to agree with Mark Potter,this country is on a downward spiral because of moral decay....I thing Obama is our punishment from God.....It might get worse.....

God help us, what is wrong with the RNC that they allow these travesties to continue? I can't watch them, nor will I ever contribute to the RNC again. Send your money directly to the good candidates.

Unless the representatives get the courage to ignore the biases of the newspapers and TV.,the Conservatives will never receive and equal place at the American table. The Biases didn't happen suddenly, it happen while the media was patting on the conservative backside.

RE: Hugh Hewitt's plan for the 2016 debates...

That the RNC did not exercise this type of control in THIS election cycle is abhorrent.

To allow the left-media (read "most") to control OUR debates shows me that the Republican establishment is not fit to lead the conservative movement moving forward.

Yes, take your condescending questions and attitude and let someone ask intelligent questions.

WHY IS THE GOP EVEN INVITING THE LEFTISTS MEDIA TO THE FORUM" If the Demogods of the democratic party want to answer questions friendly to them, let them have a people they want BUT get some resemblance of balance and get a few people friendly to the Republicans.

obama would have disapproved the Keystone Pipeline, so quit plaming it on the Republicans.

I've often wondered why the idiots are the only ones who can control the media.

The Patriot Post Chronicle is too kind, when you refer to hysterian Joseph Ellis as an historian.

YES! But then I am tired of the Liberal left all together and feel they should be run out of the country en masse.

The debates should be run by ordinary citizens who'll ask the questions posed by other ordinary citizens.

The RNC has apparently abandoned the concept of serving the interests of the Republican Party, and those that still support it, simply because there is no alternative for those which adore the concepts that created this Republic. The MSM has long ago abandoned any concept of objectivity in "reporting." The education system has been infected with the cancer of "what's in it for me", known generally as unions. The government employee rolls likewise. The military is on a downhill slide to that same pit. The military, too, has been infected with "the fairness doctrines" of the Socialist Democrat Party. The head of that snake, and his crew, is openly thumbing his nose at the Congress, and the People. The termites have completely chewed the pillars of liberty and freedom to the point of collapse. A strength taken to extreme becomes a weakness. Our strengths of "equality", fairness, and the pursuit of such for all, has been prostituted and infected. That which guns and determined men created has been defeated by the cancer of personal greed and aggrandizement. Look for Martial Law to be declared about August of 2012," for the welfare and protection of the people." That is, if Iran has not first nuked the US potion of the American continent. With the blessing of the Chief Tyrant. What will those that now make up the MSM do, when the goal of "social democracy" has been achieved, and they are no longer needed? They, too will receive their just deserts.

GMButler @Posted February 22, 2012 at 12:14:07 PM

"You know, comrades, that I think in regard to this: I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this — who will count the votes, and how." (Stalin - who admired Chicago politics ;-)

Speaking of who will count the votes. No longer should precinct polling places be administered by "volunteers", though I do not mean to disparage those who truly volunteer from a sense of public duty, this process is to important to trust to anyone who may harbor a hidden agenda. Election weeks, no court should be held that Monday& Tuesday. On Monday, a pool of jurors should be randomly summoned, randomly divided into groups of 12 per each poll, select a foreman, and trained to admnister the polls, and report to each poll 6am Tuesday. 2 Sheriff bailiffs should be a each poll to ensure order, and each juror paid as though on juryduty. This should keep the ballots secret, & all ballots should be paper.

I think that the GOP needs to share how they can do a better job then obama! When the media asks a question always answer on how they can beat obama!! Love DG

Yes, I have wondered why on earth the republicans allowed the debates to be done by the left media. I am all for the republicans to call the shots for the next time. It is one of those no-brainers!

To: Jon Savage

That about sums it up. Maybe we won't learn from our predecessors mistakes, after all. Maybe we won't learn from history. Maybe we will have to hit rock-bottom first, and then pull ourselves back up by our bootstraps. It would be sad to have another dark age, with generations of suffering before it's through. I hope to hell you're wrong!

All of the media oreganizations with just a few exceptions are anti-conservatives. The leaders of them get to help control what comes out of the White House and the Senate They must past George Soros approval.

The GOP makes a huge mistake by letting Obama's media friends control the message that's put out there,and then the next minute they(the Demoncrat lackeys) bash the GOP according to their well laid plans!

Maxine Waters? "Barney Frank is retiring and the banks and other too-big-to fail,including Wall Street are shaking in their boots". What role will she have when the Democrats are (once again) rebuffed in November? There should be no further legislation allowed after the results are in, and the Dems are out. In three months, the damage will be unbelievable! Mr. Obama should lose all authority at the time he is defeated, along with the Congress. The "lame duck" legislation will be bloody if not stopped, somehow. If he wins? It will be worse!

I have enjoyed having the many debates. It gave plenty of opportunity for everyone to see exactly how bankrupt we are in the way of common sense. The idea that anyone would vote for anyone except Ron Paul after having the field of liberal candidates expose themselves for the flipflopping, big government, unconstitutional parodies they are is part and parcel of the reason we are in the mess we are in.

...I'm no financial analyst, but you'd have to imagine that that line of reasoning isn't going to do anything to depress gun sales." --BusinessWeek blogger Joshua Green

Joshy, Obozo has done more for gun sales than the American Revolution! Go online and see for yourself- SOLD OUT...BACK ORDERED...NO LONGER AVAILABLE...SOLD, SOLD, SOLD! Go on, see for yourself!

Moron!

Oh, and why is no one talking about the tax increase on ammo??? I talked to a sales associate at L.L. Bean on Monday and they just raised the cost of ammo almost 20%, strictly due to tax increases!

I definitely am dismayed at the questions being parlayed on the debates. The candidates are being sucked in with very few statements on their part regarding the questions they are being asked. Even then somehow they fall into pettiness themselves. Then more valuable time is wasted. I agree there are myriad more important issues that should be discussed. It's disappointing so many, particularly the ones asking the questions, are self-serving and not looking at the greater good. It's sickening; when so much is at stake.

All Republican candidates should sign a pledge to not debate if a liberal moderator is asking the questions. Republicans are being torn apart to obama's benefit by being stupid about how and when to debate. Maybe they will do better in 2016 if they lose to obama. It is almost as if Republicans enjoy self destruction.

I don't understand why the Republican candidates subjected themselves to this media circus. It has destroyed the opportunity of at least 2 or 3 of the candidates to compete. It doesn't take anything beyond just plain common sense to recognize what is happening and they just go on and on subjecting themselves to falling on the sword, one by one. I'm glad to see that so far Rick Santorum is strong and standing up to them. The questions asked by the moderators does not help the voters because there are not any questions relating to how they would govern.

Allowing the Left media to run the debates is like having the wolves heard the sheep.

The quote, "don't believe anything you hear and half of what you see," is most appropriate when we are listening to the main stream media. I am sick and tired of the same old trash spewing forth from the unconscious talking heads. There is no news worthy of note from the corrupt left media.

I learn more in conversations with my dog. He has never once lied to me about the character of a person that I visit with. He would make a wonderful congress person.

Yes, That is like asking a dog to police a butcher shop!!

Why waste the time to watch this pablum - my wife and I will not. Now a debate of Obama's Executive orders, Keystone pipeline, why a Department of Energy established to make us energy independent, why a Department of Education when it duplicates the 50 State Departments of Education, why cut the Defense budget in this time of severe global unrest and nuclear build-up by many potential threat countries - and many more such as why so many redundant Czars in the White House swamping business with unneccessary regulations. etc.

Ed

I`m just sick of the left media , and there anti US manifesto...

What debates? You mean the ones where Ron Paul shows up and gets 1-2 minutes to speak? What I can't understand is why it took so long for the candidates to "Just Say No" to a Liberal-moderated debate!

YES YES YES!!!

The leftist media whores are the largest reason that the majority of American citizens are almost completely clueless regarding the TRUTH about politicians, and democrats in particular. The media ignores all of the open lies, broken promises, Socialist czars and cabinet members that are connected directly with Barack Hussein Oblunder. They refuse to admit the legal FACT that our current 'President' could NEVER legally hold that position according to the laws as put forth in our Constitution, which remains the ultimate law of the land until and unless it is legally amended. Our Constitution bars anyone other than a "natural born American citizen" from becoming our President. Our Constitution further defines a "natural born citizen" as being a person who has two parents that are BOTH American citizens. It really is that simple. Barry Oblunder's father was a British citizen, therefore Barry is NOT a legal candidate for President, unles you amend the Constitution.

Yes !!!!!!!! I do not waste my time.

Yes!!!!

I am disgusted with the GOP. They should be in charge of the debates. This is the Republican Party candidate we are chosing, and that candidate should be chosen by Republicans, not the left-wing media, the unions,or the administration!

Seems long overdue...RNC set debate parameters and dates, find moderators who will ask questions we the conservative voters actually want answered and addressed, not some list of leftwing claptrap.

The Tea Party sponsored debate was one of the better ones. Tonight before the program, Wolf Blitzer described the program as if it were 'sport'. We need people who take our future seriously. The discussion with Newt and Herman Cain was worthwhile to me.

Yes, but you can't fix stupid. You can however expose the stupidity rather than play into there hand. Newt did that cleavery in one of the earlier debates and the other candidates couldn't help but notice his approval ratings went up. What happened after that was a let down because they turned on each other. The focus is and should always be to defeat obama. Stay focused, stay alert and committed no matter who the candidate gets the nomination anyhting else is lip service.

Yes, We are TIRED of all the left liberal spin of the media on just about every channel you turn your TV set on! Is there no one in WA. DC, who is a normal, hard working, tax paying average American who isn't in debt, and works hard to pay their own bills? Why does it seem that the culture there, corrupts politicians once they arrive there. And they do things like back room deals, lie, cheat, line their own pocket books, etc. Meanwhile, we, the average American are stuck with the now trillions of dollars in debt. It is pathetic, and a shame to pass this kind of legacy to our daughter and this next generation! We have never been in debt as a family. If we couldn't afford it, we didn't buy it! Why isn't the Gov't forced to live within a budget, like the rest of us? Thanks!!!

No, I am not tired of the Leftmedia administering GOP debates because it continues to expose the Leftmedia for what it really is. Also, our candidates do not have to attend any of the debates and listen to the doo-doo put forth as questions. I am sure there are many Conservative, wealthy individuals that could finance a debate for our candidates. We do not EVER have to start with a leftmedia premise for a debate.

Compared to historical debates lasting more than a couple of hours between 2 candidates, as in Lincoln-Douglas, current debate forums are useless. A better model is suggested by the format represented by the appearance of 6 individual songwriter/guitar players, all sitting on stage, where the mike and the spotlight are passed among them, each able to tell their story, sing and play their song, with the full attention of the audience. Several passes of the mike allow each to address previous commentary for the consideration of the audience easily. We would, I think, learn more about each than we do now.

Makes me wonder how many of the left wing media outlets are owned or controlled by George Soros. Anybody got that information?

This Patriot Post chronicle concerning the Leftwing media is arguably the most important topic this forum could ever address.

The failure of the mainstream media to accurately expose Obama during his "rise" to the presidency will go down as the greatest mistake this nation has ever made. Not only that, after these terrible years of the Obama presidency when everything has basically failed, the Leftwing media still present him as a noble leader who was dealt a tough hand, etc.

Here's a glaring example: Over the past several days, there's been nothing reported by the Leftwinger media about an interview that took place Sunday on CNN involving the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Matin Dempsey. General Dempsey was discussing Iran's nuclear situation and said that the U.S. is urging the nation of Israel not to attack Iran. Now get this...the General, speaking of course for the Obama administration, said the reason for trying to prevent Israel from attacking Iran's nuclear facilities is because Iran hasn't made up its mind whether or not to build a bomb! He also said that doing so would most likely cause Iran to "retaliate" in some way and cause a "destablization" in the Mid-East.

Now that's where were at with this Administration. We are viewed as weak and the media says nothing about such policy. No lessons of history have been learned by this current set of "leaders" and without the needed understanding of what this kind of diplomacy can lead to, we're traveling along on a dangerous road.

As the Wall Stree Journal pointed out in an editorial, "Weakness invites war, and General Dempsey has helped the Administration send a message of weakness to Israel and Iran.

The best way for the GOP to get their message across on MSNBC especially but to a lesser degree ABC and CNN is to set the agenda ahead of time with moderators like George Stephanopoulos and say if the questions start straying/pushing a left wing agenda and ridiculous scenarios like contraception and states banning them that ALL characters on the stage will walk out. The left can then criticize the GOP but they will have no talking points and it would energize the right. Answering stupid left wing media topics to stay away from the what ill's the country now just plays into their hands.

This feeble finger pointing by Nat'l Review won't work: after months of uncritical editorial support for Romney, all credibility is shot and now they're down to firing blanks. Out of step, out of time, out of line.

The smug pundits are Nat'l Review are part of the MSM problem, and don't let them forget it. Fees on the lecture circuit are imploding, and it couldn't happen to a nicer bunch. So kick 'em on the way down. Somewhere, Will'm Buckley will be smiling in gratitude.

I definitely think the RNC should schedule, format and structure the Republican debates. Then if the "Lame Street Media" wants to cover them, so be it. But NOT to let them be the questioners or hosts. If they want to cover them fine, if not, fine also. Why should we give the DEMS talking points from the loaded questions posed by the left-wing media.

What I don't understand is why the RNC and the candidates have allowed the mainstream media to host and control the debates. I've lost all interest in watching anymore of them. They are no more than propagandizing the left's agenda and making the candidates look as weak and ineffective as leaders as possible with questions that have nothing to do with real issues. The candidates should have set the parameters under which debates would be considered as well as those who would be acceptable moderators.

The debate Wed. in Mesa, AZ moderated by CNN was not as bad as I expected. The exception that comes to mind is the online email or Twitter question that CNN brought forth: "What are the candidate's positions on contraception?"

This question brought forth overwhelming "Boos" and jeering from the onsite audience....as it should have. Such sidebars allowed Newt to score points in the past by blasting the media for tabloid-like cheap shots. Newt scored again last night for pointing out that Obama didn't get a single question in 2008 on why he supported infanticide (partial birth abortion).

Other than the tendency to explore such irrelevancies and sideshows, the debate last night was handled relatively well, giving all candidates opportunities to present their vision.

The worst part of the debate were the issues in which Romney and Santorum sank into their standard bickering and sniping at each other. To a certain extent, the lamestream media encourages this with some moderators better than others.

It was certainly much worse when there were seven to ten candidates on stage and two or three were allowed to monopolize all the time playing "keepaway pitch" by trading charges and counter-charges to the exclusion of others on stage.

I can not understand why the Republicans would even consider letting a left wing media reporter moderate their debate.It is to me an exercise in futility.

To: Mike & Janet Stark

Your post caught my attention because you sound like regular folks, living your lives without expecting anything from anyone else, while at the same time, looking for answers.

Why isn't the government as solvent as you?

It's truly frustrating that we're looking for answers that no one seems to have. Notice that the vast majority of the posts herein are registering complains. We're long on objections but short on solutions and action steps. One must wonder whether our government, of the People, by the People, and for the People, is really out of the People's control.

I'm sorry to tell you that: 1) I don't have all the answers, and 2) The problems are numerous, and so are the answers. This is a subject for protracted discussion by some large group of wise people. It took such a group to create the foundation for our Constitutional Republic. It took generations of arrogant, misguided, self-absorbed politicians who think they know better that those who came before them, to pervert that very same Constitutional Republic. And this is where we are today.

Regarding your main objection, that being about the lack of government solvency, all I can do is cite perversion. For example, income taxes didn't exist at our founding. They are a perversion. I'm not a Constitutional expert, but I would guess that the way money is spent in D.C. is also a perversion. I visualize your basic legislator, trying to make his mark, dreaming up some program to give something to someone or to some group. The bill is crafted, voted on, and then passed, without consideration that the expenditure is discriminatory, and also without consideration for where the money will come from. The way D.C. seems to work, money bills seem to get passed into law first, and then the legislators go looking for the money to pay for them, typically via new or expanded taxes. And this grows the government. Sometimes, especially lately, the money is never found but the financial obligation still occurs. This process creates debt, doesn't it? Of course. Bills are also crafted and passed without being checked for constitutionality! I don't know whether or not that is a constitutional perversion, but to me, it makes about as much sense as building a bridge without the requisit structural analysis to certify that it will support its own weight and the loads it's intended to carry.

In short, I believe that over time and generations, like a worker who lowers his standards by taking short-cuts, we have short-cutted and/or bypassed and/or rerouted provisions in the Constitution, thereby neutering those provisions and liberalizing our laws, lowered our standards, and making a grimy spitoon out of a golden chalice.

YES. The questions have the sole purpose of getting the canidates to look bad bickering with each other. I would like to hear questions relevant to the problems of today and how to correct them. the first question to a canidate by John King was "What do you think about what so and so said about you?"

The left-wing media has to do the debates because the republican party won't. They wanted to put Romney up,tell us he was the candidate and have it a done deal. They don't want us to pick a candidate, they want to pick the candidate. Way back in November, O'Reilly was saying we'd seen enough to pick our candidate and didn't need any more debates.

I wish they were unbiased but the right simply won't host them.

Until the "Good Old Boys" in the RNC are replaced or die off, having the RNC take charge of the presidential candidate debates will improve nothing. Come on --these are the folks that gave us the loser candidates Dole and McCain and seem to be intent on keeping the Tea Party supporters alienated.

These TNC people are not fighters and further, they are incompetent at conducting a quality PSYOPS operation necessary to put public focus on the important issues facing our country and what the Republican candidate(s) will do about them. Americans whether in sports, war, or politics, traditionally want and will support an aggressive fighter -- a winner.

The current candidates are over advised (and poorly served) by their campaign staffs (as was McCain) and as a result come across as petty bickerers, intent on committing fratricide, and as a result, less than effective in championing our country; its enduring values, and constitutional protections of individuals.

Having the proto-communist media preside at the republican debates is like having Adolf Hitler give a Bar Mitzva address.

Where is the Republican Party with regard to allowing the liberal media to set the tone, question the republican candidates, and bring the whole tone of discussion down to the liberal's fourth grade level? ie; "what about abortion", "what about religion?" "What about Whitney Houston?" "Bush lied, kids died," etc. etc. Why is the Republican Party so absent from these idiotic discussions, yet, if a candidate tries to answer, the Omabazombies twist and turn the answer into something else. Will no-one call them on it? Why not have the debates narrarated by a conservative? Maybe on Fox News. I suppose they'd think that's unfair.

Absolutely tired of the left-media controlling the direction and content of these debates. Whose idea was this, anyway?

Every debate I have viewed has been moderated by a Left-Leaning Member of the Main-Stream Media. Two blatant examples are John King, and Wolf Blitzer. It just soured my opinion of them both, and of the Media, even more so. Bottom line, I simply have no faith in the Mainstream media, and believe they are all in league with the current administration and would not say a word that might be critical of the current Administration, or their leader. I say "their-leader", as I do not consider him "mine!" and that is truly a shame. I'm a Korean War Vet, and am in fear of our countries future, should this man be re-elected, and he carries out his plan to fundamentally change America as I have known it. Thanks for the opportunity to voice my opinion.

It is intolerable that Republicans are handing over to the "enemy" of our values a cart blance to determining and distorting the issues Democrats want to run against. Even so, candidate debaters, one or another at one time or another have brilliantly presented loud and clear glimpses of the conservative republican stand.

Absolutely the Republican Party should be the only ones determining format, etc of our own campaign debates. What in the world do the media, and any other Democrat, have to do with our selection of who we choose to run for our party???

Amen to your suggestions re future debates. Allowing the lame stream media to control GOP debates was incompetent.

Surely our RNC can do better.

I have wondered, since the first couple of debates in this election cycle were so blatantly scripted to belittle the issues of this election, why the Republican Party was allowing 'their debates' to be run by individuals with such obvious left-leaning bias.

Early on I asked what is so hard that it has stopped Republican organizations from organizing and moderating debates among the contenders for the Republican nomination.

I am still looking for the answer.

I personnaly sick to death of the Communist News Network using the debates degrade Republican candidates and using the debates as a forum for their liberal agenda. I cannot belive that the Republican candidates agreed to this circus.

Can you imagine the democrats allowing Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, Laura Ingraham, Monica Crowley, Mark Levin, Rush Limbaugh and other conservatives to moderate their debates? It is the height of naivete and stupidity for the republicans to allow the left to frame the republican debates!!! I cannot fathom any reasons for allowing this to take place unless republicans have a death wish and a secret crush on Barack Hussein Obama.

I hope no one is offended by this Polish joke. How many Pols does it take to screw in a light bulb? 546, if almost half are not screwing to the LEFT.

I hope no one is offended by this Polish joke. How many pols does it take to screw in a light bulb? Too Late! ZERO, they've all scurried under the woodwork when the light turned on.

Wishing the left-media out of existence doesn't seem to be working.

I think the GOP should refuse to do debates unless they get a conservative moderator or at lease get equal time for a conservative moderator.

I think it is totally moronic for the candidates to accept positions in these so-called debates. But as America has been doing for years, we support our enemies, hurt our friends and undermine our freedoms.

Actually I am tired of it all. The more debates, no matter who the sponser, the more confused I am as to who should be president. So I am on my knees praying. I think that is the best solution going.

I'm tired of the left media, period.The liberal left is a group of anti-American traiters, and need to be treated as such.

media reminds me of the media of Russia during the Cold War. They have no idea how to bring us an unbiased statement. They are owned by the left their controlled by the left. And as I have watched them I realized that they are not to be trusted.

Robert Nixon

Yes I'm tired of all the "debates." These are "made for TV" witch hunts and don't really inform voters of which candidate is best but rather which candidate performs best that night before the camera.

A completely different format is needed. It's called a Job Interview. There is a group in Houston who pioneered this concept very successfully. It has been used in a Congressional race for the 2010 election, several county races in 2010, and recently in the upcoming race for the US Senate from Texas. Even Mike Huckabee used our approach recently for the presidential candidates.

You can get more information at www.allianceofconstitutionalpatriots.com It needs to attract national attendion and become the new standard. The Job Interview needs to replace the TV debate. Thanks.

"Too Much Information: "Ron Paul: Why Can't We 'Put Into Our Body Whatever We Want?'" --KIRO-TV website (Seattle)"

Why is the 'voice of essential liberty' disparaging a question of individual rights put forth by a champion of liberty?

I am very tired of seeing the liberal media cajole the Republican candidates into making stupid statements. Why these candidates hold themselves out to the kind of ridicule they receive totally escapes me. In fact, it makes me wonder if any of them are fit for command. 20+ debates and not a single issue has been resolved yet. They need to quit beating on each other and deal with the real problems: an apologetic white house that is addicted to the citizens' money, non-existent foreign policy (unless you count bowing as policy), and an obvious hatred for our military.

Will republicans never learn to have their own, or at least not liberals, forming and asking questions in their debates? Also, could we limit the debates to a half a dozen or less? If non-liberals are asking pertinent questions about relevant issues, it is not necessary to have a dozen or more debates! I didn't hear much about the economy or energy, nothing about the the border or illegal immigrants. Due to the rino republicans running the show, it appears Romney will be buying the nomination when most republicans want a conservative. Do I hear third party? And I don't mean Ron Paul.