… A day after Fox News announced that its Republican presidential primary debate in August would include only the 10 candidates polling the highest in national surveys, Rick Santorum denounced the criteria on Thursday. … “The idea that a national poll has any relationship to the viability of a candidate […] Read more »
CNN & Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library announce groundbreaking format for Republican presidential primary debate
CNN and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library announced today a groundbreaking debate format that will provide voters an opportunity to hear from all of the leading candidates seeking the Republican presidential nomination. … The September 16, 2015 primetime event will be divided into two parts featuring two groups […] Read more »
Poll Position: Fox News rules will limit the field in first GOP presidential debate
Fox News, which is hosting the first Republican debate of the 2016 campaign, will require participants to place in the top 10 in an average of the five most recent national polls in the run-up to the event, according to details obtained by The Washington Post Thursday. CONT. Matea Gold, […] Read more »
But can the GOP revise the party?
The temptation for political parties to rewrite the rules after every defeat is irresistible. The Republican National Committee did not resist when it met in Boston last weekend. The committee passed a resolution aimed at limiting and controlling the 2016 primary debates. … Republicans do have a debate problem. Debates […] Read more »
The Pundits vs. Political Science: Debating the Impact of the First Debate
As Election 2012 heads down to the wire, it is fascinating to see how the pundits view this race compared to where the political scientists do (at least as I interpret them). They often seem to be looking at two different events. [cont.] Matthew Dickinson, Middlebury College Read more »
Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Marty Kaplan on Campaign Rhetoric and Reality
Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Marty Kaplan join Bill to assess the true value of the 2012 political debates, and weigh in on campaign communication tactics in the home stretch. Moyers & Company Read more »