Fox Announces the GOP Debate Participants. Any surprises?

SGT Jeremiah B. — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 18:52:15 -0400

Fox just announced who's in Thursday's debates. There had been some grumblings that Trump would be excluded, but it looks like that's not going to the case.

Anyone else surprised to see they made room for Christie and Kasich? 10 seems...excessive.

Response by SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL made Aug 4 at 2015 6:53 PM

SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 18:53:53 -0400

SGT Jeremiah B. appreciate the information, will read-up.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 4 at 2015 7:04 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 19:04:51 -0400

Politics with our current two party system have become a farce. It is no longer about working together for the betterment of all your constiuents it is about working to get yourself re-elected.

Response by CW4 Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 4 at 2015 7:10 PM

CW4 Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 19:10:15 -0400

We need to weed some of the republican candidates out somehow and this is a good start.

Response by Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS made Aug 4 at 2015 7:13 PM

Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 19:13:23 -0400

You cannot have a debate between 10 participants. You cannot even have a discussion between 10 participants. Hell, you can't even have a meeting with 10 participants.

This is "theater."

I'll check back in about 6 months.

Response by LTC Kevin B. made Aug 4 at 2015 7:21 PM

LTC Kevin B. — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 19:21:40 -0400

Not surprised here. Everything came into focus as it neared. Now for the entertainment!

Response by SMSgt Tony Barnes made Aug 4 at 2015 8:18 PM

SMSgt Tony Barnes — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 20:18:44 -0400

Disappointed Perry didn't make it.

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Aug 4 at 2015 8:34 PM

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 20:34:14 -0400

Republican 3 Ring Circus.

Response by SPC George Rudenko made Aug 4 at 2015 8:38 PM

SPC George Rudenko — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 20:38:27 -0400

Will anyone even say anything? Or is it all PC rhetoric of nothing?

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 4 at 2015 8:48 PM

CW5 Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 20:48:01 -0400

I'm disappointed Gov. Perry didn't make the cut. He's strong on immigration and would likely quiet the Donald on that issue. Same for Senator Graham, who likely would stand up to Trump regarding the sickening comments Trump made about Senator McCain.

Response by COL Vincent Stoneking made Aug 4 at 2015 8:54 PM

COL Vincent Stoneking — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 20:54:40 -0400

I appreciate that they shared their methodology (average of five most recent national polls). I find both Kasich and Huckabee to be surprising. I don't see how either would score that high among the R base. I could see Huckabee during the last election, but given how poorly he performed, I am surprised that he still has enough of a base to make the cut.

Personally, I would have made the cut at 6 or 8. However, at this point, I can see the logic in including more. It is way too early in the season for anyone to have a lock on who the final contenders will be. I have my suspicions for who the top 4 will shake out to be and even who the general election team will be (and who it SHOULD BE! :-) ), but most people aren't even aware of who the candidates are at this point. I guarantee that at least 20% of the population thinks that McCain is running.

Response by COL Ted Mc made Aug 5 at 2015 2:52 AM

COL Ted Mc — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 02:52:45 -0400

SGT Jeremiah B. - Sergeant; If each potential candidate is given seven minutes to speak and then three minutes to rebut what each of the other potential candidates has said then the program will be five hours long (not counting commercials), or seven hours long (counting commercials - if no PAC commercials are permitted), or 12 hours long (counting commercials - if PAC commercials are permitted).

The program could possibly be FOX's greatest rating disaster in history unless we can convince the potential candidates to actually start throwing punches at each other. (If they haul out their 2nd Amendment Rights and start blazing away, then Fox will have a sure-fire winner.)

Response by Cpl Jeff N. made Aug 5 at 2015 7:20 AM

Cpl Jeff N. — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 07:20:18 -0400

17 GOP candidates and 10 make a "debate". While I enjoy real debate, what we do in our modern debates is not debate at all. It is a controlled press conference with canned answers to questions by mostly, well rehearsed politicians (both parties primary debates are this way). Everyone is trying to create a great one liner that will catapult them in the polls. There is very little interest or way to have a real debate of any issue with 10 participants.

The value of this "debate" is to see how Trump fares against actual politicians (mostly). Can he hold his ground on geopolitical issues, foreign policy etc. or will he make a number of gaffs? Will Trump take a swing at some of these career politicians that have had a lifetime to get something done and have little to show for it.

It will definitely be bucket of popcorn kind of night.

Response by SGT Kristin Wiley made Aug 5 at 2015 1:26 PM

SGT Kristin Wiley — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 13:26:55 -0400

I feel like the candidates are just going to focus on saying something that makes the headlines of the news media the next day. Since they won't be able to get many words in on any of the specific issues.

Response by Sgt Mitchell Sporar made Aug 5 at 2015 2:05 PM

Sgt Mitchell Sporar — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 14:05:52 -0400

I'm not. But Christie is just another RINO that has no credibility with me.

Response by PO1 John Miller made Aug 6 at 2015 3:40 AM

PO1 John Miller — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 03:40:44 -0400

Well, these guys are the top contenders so no I'm not really surprised.

Response by SPC Thomas Baldwin made Aug 6 at 2015 4:13 AM

SPC Thomas Baldwin — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 04:13:22 -0400

To be worth anything the debate would have to be a 8 hour event if not longer, with 10 candidates.

Response by TSgt John Temblador, PI, CIPA made Oct 30 at 2015 9:37 PM

TSgt John Temblador, PI, CIPA — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 21:37:34 -0400

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