Carson and Trump Dictate Terms to CNBC
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RUSH: Something happened yesterday that, once again -- once again -- demonstrates the effectiveness of these outsider candidates, and that is this, Ben Carson and Donald Trump both told CNBC to pound sand. They reduced that debate to two hours. The next Republican debate's on CNBC, and it was scheduled for three hours, and Trump and Carson said, "Screw you! We're not showing up. And if we don't show up, you don't have a show. Three hours is too long. Two hours max." CNBC thought about it, and they acquiesced.
What happened was the Carson and Trump campaigns "sent a joint letter Thursday afternoon to CNBC," so it had the official appearance. It wasn't just a couple of phone calls. It was a joint letter, "warning they wouldn't participate in the network's debate on October 28 in Boulder, Colorado, unless it lasts no longer than two hours and includes both opening and closing statements by the candidates." Opening and closing statements have to fit into the two-hour window. "'The criteria that was outlined by CNBC was never discussed with any of the candidates or the campaigns,' Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski told The New York Times.
"'So what CNBC did was send out a memo and said, "Here's the criteria as you have approved them" and that went out to all the campaigns. We said we never agreed to this criteria.'" So what CNBC did was send out a memo and said, "Here's the criteria as you have approved them," and that went out to all the campaigns, and they said, "Wait a minute. We never saw this. We never agreed to it," and now another light shines on the Republican Party. They agree to these debates with places like CNN and NBC, CNBC, and then they determine the format.
They tell the RNC what the format's gonna be, and the RNC says, "Oh, okay," and shows up. Trump and Carson said, "Wait a second! We never saw this. We never approved this." They thought the RNC had approved it. Nobody did. They just let CNBC write the format, structure the format without anybody having seen it. Now, Carly Fiorina, when she heard about this, she said, "What, are these two guys afraid of me? You know what this means is that Trump and Carson both are admitting they don't have the stamina to go up against me for three hours."
Which is good! I like that. I like both sides of this.
Meanwhile, over here is the RNC just nonfactors.
It's amazing.
BREAK TRANSCRIPT
RUSH: Well, the only way you could do that's if you did your own debate, which I can see... Look, when the point is to get your message out and control it, I understand that, but they've agreed to appear on CNBC. And I don't care what, CNBC is not gonna let the candidates determine the questions they are asked. Now, in case you missed it, Trump and Carson sent a letter to CNBC, a joint campaign letter, saying, "If this thing goes three hours, we're not showing up, and you're not gonna have an audience."
So CNBC said, "Okay, okay, okay! We'll reduce it to two hours." It'll be a two-hour debate. It's October 28. This includes the opening and closing statements, too. And Trump and Carson made that happen. So they have exerted some control over the debate. Look, I get what you're coming from. You know, CNN, CNBC; I mean, what's the point? But they are agreeing to it, and that's that. Can't change it now
http://hotair.com/archives/2015/10/16/cnbc-caves-to-demand-from-trump-and-carson-agrees-to-limit-next-gop-debate-to-two-hours/
RUSH: Something happened yesterday that, once again -- once again -- demonstrates the effectiveness of these outsider candidates, and that is this, Ben Carson and Donald Trump both told CNBC to pound sand. They reduced that debate to two hours. The next Republican debate's on CNBC, and it was scheduled for three hours, and Trump and Carson said, "Screw you! We're not showing up. And if we don't show up, you don't have a show. Three hours is too long. Two hours max." CNBC thought about it, and they acquiesced.
What happened was the Carson and Trump campaigns "sent a joint letter Thursday afternoon to CNBC," so it had the official appearance. It wasn't just a couple of phone calls. It was a joint letter, "warning they wouldn't participate in the network's debate on October 28 in Boulder, Colorado, unless it lasts no longer than two hours and includes both opening and closing statements by the candidates." Opening and closing statements have to fit into the two-hour window. "'The criteria that was outlined by CNBC was never discussed with any of the candidates or the campaigns,' Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski told The New York Times.
"'So what CNBC did was send out a memo and said, "Here's the criteria as you have approved them" and that went out to all the campaigns. We said we never agreed to this criteria.'" So what CNBC did was send out a memo and said, "Here's the criteria as you have approved them," and that went out to all the campaigns, and they said, "Wait a minute. We never saw this. We never agreed to it," and now another light shines on the Republican Party. They agree to these debates with places like CNN and NBC, CNBC, and then they determine the format.
They tell the RNC what the format's gonna be, and the RNC says, "Oh, okay," and shows up. Trump and Carson said, "Wait a second! We never saw this. We never approved this." They thought the RNC had approved it. Nobody did. They just let CNBC write the format, structure the format without anybody having seen it. Now, Carly Fiorina, when she heard about this, she said, "What, are these two guys afraid of me? You know what this means is that Trump and Carson both are admitting they don't have the stamina to go up against me for three hours."
Which is good! I like that. I like both sides of this.
Meanwhile, over here is the RNC just nonfactors.
It's amazing.
BREAK TRANSCRIPT
RUSH: Well, the only way you could do that's if you did your own debate, which I can see... Look, when the point is to get your message out and control it, I understand that, but they've agreed to appear on CNBC. And I don't care what, CNBC is not gonna let the candidates determine the questions they are asked. Now, in case you missed it, Trump and Carson sent a letter to CNBC, a joint campaign letter, saying, "If this thing goes three hours, we're not showing up, and you're not gonna have an audience."
So CNBC said, "Okay, okay, okay! We'll reduce it to two hours." It'll be a two-hour debate. It's October 28. This includes the opening and closing statements, too. And Trump and Carson made that happen. So they have exerted some control over the debate. Look, I get what you're coming from. You know, CNN, CNBC; I mean, what's the point? But they are agreeing to it, and that's that. Can't change it now