Request For Earlier Presidential Debate Denied

[Tennesseer]

Commission on Presidential Debates rejects Trump campaign call for earlier debate

The Commission on Presidential Debates is rejecting the Trump campaign's request to modify the presidential debate schedule so the first debate occurs before states begin early voting.

In a letter to Rudy Giuliani, President Trump's personal attorney, the commission's three co-chairs said it would stick to its schedule of three, 90-minute debates beginning Sept. 29, after the Trump campaign pushed for a debate to be added or the date for the last debate to be moved up to the beginning of September.

The commission rebuffed the campaign's argument that the current debate schedule would deprive voters of seeing the candidates debate one another before the first ballots are cast.

"You state that such a debate is necessary because some states begin sending out mail-in ballots before the first scheduled debate. There is a difference between ballots having been issued by a state and those ballots having been cast by voters, who are under no compulsion to return their ballots before the debates," wrote co-chairs Frank Fahrenkopf, Dorothy Ridings and Kenneth Wollack in the letter to Giuliani Thursday.

Complete article here: Commission on Presidential Debates rejects Trump campaign call for earlier debate

[Tennesseer]

Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani submits debate moderator list suggesting 11 Fox hosts and pundits
Trump's campaign wants friendly hosts and Trump boosters to moderate his debates with Democratic rival Joe Biden

The campaign submitted a letter by Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, which was published by Axios. The letter requests a fourth debate and asks for the first debate to be moved up before early voting begins in certain states. It also includes a list of 24 suggested moderators, nearly half of which are hosts at the Trump-friendly Fox News and Fox Business networks.

The letter suggested Fox News hosts Bret Baier, Shannon Bream, Rachel Campos-Duffy, Harris Faulkner and Bill Hemmer, as well as contributor Michael Goodwin.

Though the campaign excluded Trump loyalists such as Sean Hannity and the hosts of "Fox & Friends," Campos-Duffy's inclusion drew skepticism. The wife of former Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., a CNN pundit who is an official Trump surrogate, Campos-Duffy has long been a "sycophantic pro-Trump commentator across Fox's opinion shows," The Daily Beast reported.

The list also included Fox Business hosts Maria Bartiromo, Gerry Baker, Dagen McDowell and Charles Payne, plus reporter Susan Li.

Bartiromo, a longtime friend of the president, has become one of the biggest Trump boosters at the network.

The list notably excluded Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace, who had a contentious and widely-praised interview with Trump last month.

Along with much of the Fox line-up, the letter also suggested Christian Broadcasting host David Brody, conservative radio host Larry Elder and CNN Trump booster Hugh Hewitt. A few mainstream journalists also made the cut: CBS News' Major Garrett and Norah O'Donnell, ABC News' David Muir and NBC News' Hoda Kotb.

Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani submits debate moderator list suggesting 11 Fox hosts and pundits

[irishpad]

What is he worried about.  He's going to argue that mail in ballots shouldn't count so that should take care of those early voters.  

[happyhoix]

Well, trump doesn’t want reporters who might question his bullshit. Only softball questions.

Good thing Rudy doesn’t get to pick the moderators.

[pulmonarymd]

I would think trump would want a moderator who asks tough questions, so it could show his intellectual superiority over Biden. Why should he need softball questions

[justme]

Aug 6, 2020 19:54:49 GMT -5 pulmonarymd said:

I would think trump would want a moderator who asks tough questions, so it could show his intellectual superiority over Biden. Why should he need softball questions

Asking trump to remember 5 words is a very tough question that proves his intellect.

[lynnerself]

I think the debates may be a train wreck for both sides and fodder for late night hosts no matter when they are held.

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

OMG please let Rudy moderate.  I don't care if he is not a reporter just let him do it.  The train wreck that would result would be freaking EPIC.  

[pulmonarymd]

Aug 6, 2020 20:57:37 GMT -5 justme said:

Aug 6, 2020 19:54:49 GMT -5 pulmonarymd said:

I would think trump would want a moderator who asks tough questions, so it could show his intellectual superiority over Biden. Why should he need softball questions

Asking trump to remember 5 words is a very tough question that proves his intellect.

Why would you say that? He has the bestest brain. Just ask him. He aced that very difficult cognitive test, doncha know

[dondub]

Aug 6, 2020 21:45:18 GMT -5 pulmonarymd said:

Aug 6, 2020 20:57:37 GMT -5 justme said:

Asking trump to remember 5 words is a very tough question that proves his intellect.

Why would you say that? He has the bestest brain. Just ask him. He aced that very difficult cognitive test, doncha know

Person, woman, man , camera, tv 😎

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

Aug 6, 2020 20:57:37 GMT -5 justme said:

Aug 6, 2020 19:54:49 GMT -5 pulmonarymd said:

I would think trump would want a moderator who asks tough questions, so it could show his intellectual superiority over Biden. Why should he need softball questions

Asking trump to remember 5 words is a very tough question that proves his intellect.

As long as the 5 words are person, woman, man, camera, tv

[thyme4change]

Aug 6, 2020 21:33:56 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

OMG please let Rudy moderate.  I don't care if he is not a reporter just let him do it.  The train wreck that would result would be freaking EPIC.  

So much this!

[cktc]

I wish I could vote before the debates. I would send my ballot out tomorrow if I had it. Alas, I must hear him bloviate while I await my ballot being sent out October 7th.