The moderators asking the questions will also be coming under intense scrutiny. The first of course being that the last GOP debate, which was on CNBC, was somewhat of a “disaster” for the candidates and network alike, as it appeared to pin them all against one another, leaving Texas Sen. But they are unlikely to find a common enemy in the Fox Business loyalists moderating Tuesday’s debate-which means the candidates won’t have anyone to turn on but each other.
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She said it was a useful reminder that the goal of debates is to educate voters.
#3. After the disastrous performance by the moderators for the CNBC debate, a big question is who will be tonight’s moderators. Ted Cruz to accuse the network moderators of making it a “cage match”.
This time around, Cavuto said he and his colleagues are looking for specific questions that would deny the candidates “wiggle room” to revert back to stump speeches.
“We have to stop illegal immigration”, said Trump, “it’s hurting us economically”. “Just the facts, ma’am”.
Here are three things to know for Tuesday November 10, 2015. “We need borders. We will build a wall”, he said.
Near the end of the debate, Bartiromo was interrupted when she asked the candidates to compare their records against Clinton. The main attraction, beginning at 9 EST, features eight GOP presidential candidates.
Bush, who also supports a pathway to legal status, spoke to the more to the political dynamic of the divisive issue.
“The pressure is always on”, Cavuto said.
Fox Business Network moderator Maria Bartiromo was briefly booed by a Republican-friendly debate crowd Tuesday night when she praised former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s résumé.
“I’m hopeful that many in the media will begin to understand they’re the only business protected by the Constitution, and it’s because you’re supposed to be on the side of the people”, Carson said.
The other moderators were Fox Business anchor Neil Cavuto, and Gerard Baker of the Wall Street Journal. Neither, he said, stood out in debates. They are frequently accused of being too hard or too soft on the candidates, too snarky or too deferential.
As before, there will be two debates. Instead, it watched helplessly as the race degraded further into inane absurdity and literal theater, with one of the party’s leading candidates stumbling his way through a baffling SNL gig and another insisting that he really did try to kill someone when he was a teenager.
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He said moderators must also cope with the almost inevitable accusations of media bias. The closer they get to the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, the more a few contenders – especially the marginal ones – will be willing to attack their treatment at the various debates.
