Tag: Debates

Former U.S. Sen. Rick SantorumÂ fields a question during the Fox News Channel debate at the Sioux City Convention Center on December 15, 2011 in Sioux City, Iowa. Santorum is not a fan of Fox News' decision to only allow the top-10 polling candidates to participate in its upcoming GOP debate. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Santorum: Fox rules for GOP debates are ‘arbitrary,’ ‘irrational’

Ariel Cohen · June 5, 2015 8:54 pm

The current problem in debate scheduling is rooted in a misdiagnosis of the factors contributing to Mitt Romney's loss in 2012 and a failure to recognize how this election cycle is different. (AP Photo)Â

Double the number of Republican debates

Philip Klein · June 4, 2015 11:00 pm

Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during a Republican Presidential Debate at Oakland University in Auburn Hills, Mich. Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Everyone jumps on Perry’s ‘oops’ moment

Eddie Scarry · June 4, 2015 8:36 pm

Flashback — Rick Perry forgets what government department he’d eliminate: ‘Oops’

Barbara Boland · June 4, 2015 5:57 pm

Rachel Maddow questioned Trump's choice of Kasowitz and his ability to do his job properly amid the jokes. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

MSNBC’s Maddow endorses Bernie Sanders debate reform

Eddie Scarry · June 3, 2015 8:22 pm

The Republican National Committee has stated unequivocally thatÂ there will be no inter-party debates, much to Bernie Sanders' chagrin. (AP Photo)Â

Beltway Confidential

Sorry, Bernie Sanders, no inter-party primary debate for you

Ashe Schow · June 3, 2015 3:44 pm

Ten Is Too Few

Jay Cost · June 1, 2015 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Santorum on Fox News cutoff: I was at 4 percent in national polls when I won Iowa

Timothy P. Carney · May 21, 2015 8:29 pm

Debate wars: CNN will feature up to 18 Republicans, Fox less

Paul Bedard · May 21, 2015 2:28 pm

Preparations continue for the FOX News/Wall Street Journal GOP 2012 Presidential Debate. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

GOP tries to figure out price of admission to presidential debates

David M. Drucker · May 18, 2015 9:00 am

George Stephanopoulos appears on Good Morning America in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

Media critics call on ABC’s Stephanopoulos to recuse self from 2016 coverage

Eddie Scarry · May 15, 2015 6:33 pm

George Stephanopoulos speaks onstage at the International Women's Media Foundation's 2013 Courage In Journalism And Lifetime Achievement Awards at Cipriani 42nd Street on October 23, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for International Women's Media Foundation)

Rand Paul says George Stephanopoulos shouldn’t moderate 2016 debates

W. James Antle III · May 14, 2015 4:59 pm