Comments on: Dodd, Richardson to Skip Fox Debate http://jscafenette.com/2007/05/31/dodd-richardson-to-skip-fox-debate/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:23:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: ~J~ http://jscafenette.com/2007/05/31/dodd-richardson-to-skip-fox-debate/#comment-1600 ~J~ Thu, 31 May 2007 13:24:45 +0000 http://jscafenette.com/2007/05/31/dodd-richardson-to-skip-fox-debate/#comment-1600 At some point the real candidates are going to have to face the electorate without being able to cherry-pick who does the questioning. Well, maybe not because when it gets down to the final two they do a lot of dickering to get the ones they want. I thought Fox did an exceptional job in the Republican debate, but debates right now, with so many candidates, doesn't give the questioners time to do proper follow-up, although I thought Chris Wallace did good follow-up on his questions, even telling them they had 30 more seconds to answer his actual question. They just all got together and decided they would boycott Fox. It's their loss because there is an audience there that won't otherwise see them if they continue to stick to MSNBC and CNN. Just my two cents. At some point the real candidates are going to have to face the electorate without being able to cherry-pick who does the questioning. Well, maybe not because when it gets down to the final two they do a lot of dickering to get the ones they want.

I thought Fox did an exceptional job in the Republican debate, but debates right now, with so many candidates, doesn’t give the questioners time to do proper follow-up, although I thought Chris Wallace did good follow-up on his questions, even telling them they had 30 more seconds to answer his actual question.

They just all got together and decided they would boycott Fox. It’s their loss because there is an audience there that won’t otherwise see them if they continue to stick to MSNBC and CNN.

Just my two cents.

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