Republican Debate Turns Into Fiasco For CNBC

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John Harwood, CNBC's Washington reporter, is a typical media liberal. Smug, self-righteous and always quick to take a shot at a conservative. These qualities were on full display last night as he got into repeated confrontations with candidates, prompting booing from the audience. The other mods, Carl Quintana and Becky Quick, were scarcely better. Quintana in particular was hostile and insulting. Quick was polite but her questions were tired and predictable.

The best moment of the debate was when Ted Cruz went after the mods full bore, criticizing the tone and content of the questions and comparing them to the lovefest debate the democrats enjoyed. Marco Rubio had the second best line, declaring the media a Super Pac for Hillary.

The rest of the debate was basically a wash. All the candidates handled themselves well and made their points. The questions were generally so stupid or insipid that little real information was gained. When they did attempt to get substantive, the mods either made egregious errors, Harwood, or tried to score gotcha points rather than just tee up an issue.

This horror show should bar CNBC from holding any more presidential debates for several election cycles. Of course, it wasn't any worse that the Fox spectacle, which really set an extrememly low bar for the other networks and cable outlets.
 
The Republican presidential candidates are not letting up on CNBC.
Still chafing at the network's handling of Wednesday night's debate, representatives from the campaigns are planning to take their grievances to the Republican National Committee in a forthcoming conference call, campaign sources told CNN.
The campaign sources said they intend to vocalize their concerns about CNBC's handling of the debate during that call. The goal, they said, is to ensure that moderators at the next debate -- hosted by the Fox Business Network on November 10 -- focus on more substantive issues, skip the "gotcha" questions, and provide all candidates with more equal speaking time.
"We thought CNBC did a horrendous job and a disservice, and we agree with the RNC that they should be ashamed of themselves," Sergio Gor, a spokesman for Senator Rand Paul, told CNNMoney early Thursday morning.
The candidates are likely to find a sympathetic ear with RNC chairman Reince Priebus, who has expressed his "disappointment" with CNBC.
"CNBC should be ashamed of how this debate was handled," Priebus said in a statement, pledging that he would "fight to ensure future debates allow for a more robust exchange."

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http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/29/media/campaigns-call-rnc-cnbc-debate-complaints/index.html
 
Montage: John Harwood Debates the Republican Presidential Candidates

by Tom S. Elliott October 28, 2015 11:42 PM
The emerging consensus from tonight’s CNBC debate is that the moderators were rude. John Harwood in particular distinguished himself by not just asking tough questions, but asking them in the most insulting possible way — interrupting candidates mid-reply, offering his own editorializing, and shouting down candidates attempting to defend themselves.
Chris Christie seemed to capture the mood of the candidates and the crowd when — angry at Harwood’s hectoring — he finally said “even in New Jersey what you’re doing is rude.”
If you missed the debate, here’s a quick highlight reel of Harwood at his most combative.

http://www.nationalreview.com/corne...ublican-presidential-candidates-tom-s-elliott
 
The victimhood continues.



CNBC responded with a single line: “People who want to be President of the United States should be able to answer tough questions.”
 
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I didn't get to see it, but the fact checkers are finding even more lies than last debate. Conservatism truly is a mental disorder.

"It was good politics, for sure. As HuffPost's Natalie Jackson has noted, beating up on reporters is extremely popular with the Republican base. Probably the loudest cheers for the entire night came after Ted Cruz attacked the moderators for setting up a "cage match" and ignoring substance. Frank Luntz, a conservative pollster, tweeted that his focus group gave that statement a 98 rating (out of 100).

"But Cruz’s statement, and the reaction to it, actually showed just how evasive the Republicans were being. The question that prompted Cruz’s outburst was a perfectly legitimate one. It was about the spending agreement between the White House and Congress, and what Cruz thought about it. Questions don’t get more substantive than that."

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Are republicans feeling the Bern yet? Why does everyone assume Hilary Clinton is the Democratic candidate?
 
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Lindsey Graham: Republican National Committee Probably Couldn't 'Run A One-Car Funeral'

He doesn't want to be in the undercard debates anymore.


Presidential hopeful Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Thursday that the Republican National Committee is hurting the party by "micromanaging" the debates.

During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" the morning after the CNBC Republican presidential debate, Graham said the party should stop dividing candidates into groups based on polling.

Of course, he has a vested interest there -- he's one of the candidates who was placed in the so-called undercard debate on CNBC on Wednesday, ahead of the main event with the 10 top-polling candidates.

"I think the Republican Party is becoming the loser here," Graham said on "Morning Joe."
 
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