The CNBC debate saw Republican contenders facing an incredibly hostile audience. In fact, the candidates that did the best were those that set themselves apart by criticizing the aggressive, often contentious line of questioning coming from the moderators, who seemed to want to engage in their own separate individual debate with every single candidate. It was so bad that the RNC is actually pulling out of the NBC debate. But that might not be enough. The field is not happy with the RNC, and they’re doing something about it:
Republican presidential campaigns are planning to meet Sunday in Washington D.C. to discuss their frustrations with the primary debate process, NBC News has confirmed.
But the meeting will not include the Republican National Committee, which has worked with media organizations to help plan the debates.
The weekend gathering was first reported by POLITICO.
An organizer of the meeting says that 10 campaigns have signed on so far to what’s being billed as an effort to “find common ground on what the campaigns want the RNC and networks to address.”
This has to be an embarrassment for Reince Priebus, who went out of his way to avoid the sort of liberal bias that characterized earlier events. On the other hand, perhaps the questioning is a good thing. With the collective media gathered somewhere in the general vicinity of Hillary Clinton’s back pocket, the eventual nominee is likely to face that, and much worse, when the main event kicks off. The candidate who survives is most likely to thrive.
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