RNC formally resolves to make CNN/NBC choose between Hillary Clinton & primary debate access.

Whatever cuts down the number of debates, frankly.

The Republican National Committee unanimously passed a resolution here Friday to not partner with NBC or CNN on 2016 primary debates if they air Hillary Clinton projects.

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus got an extended standing ovation from cheering state chairmen during the party’s summer meeting for spearheading the push.

“We’re done putting up with this nonsense,” he said. “CNN and NBC will just have to watch on their competitors’ network … The media overplayed their hand this time.”

I’d advocate Thunderdome if I thought that it would help.  Seriously, though: it needs to be made clear to all of the serious candidates that what Reince Priebus and the RNC is doing resonates with a very large swath of the Republican party.  The Media went gunning for the GOP in 2012 with those debates.  They did everything that they could – which turned out to be a lot – to savage our candidates.  The Media, in fact, hates the Republican party, and wants us to die in a fire.  

Would-be candidates – and state parties – need to keep this in mind.  The tolerance of the Republican base for shenanigans is as low as it’s been for some time.  So this is not a hill for the Establishment to die on; and I suggest that the Establishment take the hint.

Moe Lane (crosspost)

PS: Just to be clear.

  • If you’ve never held public office of any kind, don’t run for the GOP nomination for President in 2016.
  • If you haven’t been in office for more than five years by 2016, don’t run for the GOP nomination for President in 2016.
  • If you have never won re-election, don’t run for the GOP nomination for President in 2016.
  • If you’re just running to highlight a problem, don’t run for the GOP nomination for President in 2016.
  • If your campaign strategy can be described as ‘unconventional,’ ‘radical,’ or ‘risky:’ don’t run for the GOP nomination for President in 2016.
  • If you’re a member of Congress… go ahead and run for the GOP nomination for President in 2016.  Just… don’t quit your day job.

9 thoughts on “RNC formally resolves to make CNN/NBC choose between Hillary Clinton & primary debate access.”

  1. No matter who broadcasts the debates, the RNC should still pick the moderator(s). Either that, or let the RNC pick the moderators for the Dem debates… I’d seriously pay money to see Mark Levin moderate a Dem debate.

  2. Heh, and how many years of incalculable numbers of kicks in the crotch did it take for the RNC to discover/remember that they do, in fact, possess a pair? **Sigh** I wonder of they can remember what a pair is actually for, or that many of their erstwhile supporters actually support both having and using a pair….
    I am totally expecting complete and utter capitulation from the RNC. Rince et al, PLEASE surprise me………

  3. I’m with danB I too would pay to see a democrat debate moderated by Mark Levin, half of them would look like village idiots and the other half would look like corrupt fools within an hour. Which makes me wonder which group Hillary would be in. Or would she manage to achieve both at once.

  4. Heh. I hope someone asks the Democrat candidates to explain in detail whether or not they agree with “the Bush Doctrine.” Remember that one?

  5. I like your Thunderdome suggestion, Moe…I’d like to skip the debates and go straight to gladiatorial combat…Imagine Ted Cruz as a retarius and Chris Christie as a Samnite…On the Dem side, we’d have Hillary as an Amazon vs. Joe Biden as Hercules…who wouldn’t pay money to see Biden in a lion skin…

    1. People who enjoy continuing to have their eyesight/sanity?

      I am pretty sure one of the Old Ones takes the form of Joe Biden in a lion skin (with tentacles instead of hair plugs, of course).

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