BREAKING: Debate moderators announced

[brooklynite]

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[vlyons]

1. Too bad Rachel or Laurence didn't get a gig

nt

[jimfields33]

3. Rachel did a debate in 2016. I remember her being very good.

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. Never heard of Scully or Welker- was Rachel on fishing trips all three dates? Nt

[COLGATE4]

11. Welker is a GOP troll disguised as an MSNBC reporter.

I totally distrust her.

[OnDoutside]

15. Amen.

[COLGATE4]

17. Imagine them giving HER the final, most important debate.

The fix is already in.

[OnDoutside]

19. It's a definite worry. I can't believe the Biden campaign agreed to this.

[DeminPennswoods]

20. Steve Scully of CSPAN, a long time host

and producer. I don't think there has ever been a CSPAN debate moderator before. Wallace will be like his dad, an agressive, but no nonsense questioner. I think Welker will be a disaster.

[Budi]

4. There should be no 'debate'. Its not Trump I question, its the moderators.

ick.

[brooklynite]

7. What evidence do you have that the moderators would be unfair?

[brooklynite]

8. What evidence do you have that the moderators would be unfair?

[happy feet]

9. My evidence for Welker is the horrible white house both sides

reporting she does - seems to be a repub light. Wallace will just be okay - repub. The others I don't even know about. Looks like Trump worked the 'refs' to be as easy as possible it appears. IMHO

[brooklynite]

10. So you're saying that the Biden campaign was too incompetent to assert itself?

(fun fact: The Commission on Presidential Debates -- a bipartisan group -- doesn't give the candidates input as to the moderators or format. But why ruin a perfectly good conspiracy theory?)

[COLGATE4]

12. Completely agree about Welker except IMO she's

not "White House lite" but just White House careful.

[dalton99a]

22. Typical Welker question:

Senator Warren, you are running on Medicare for All. Democrats have been winning elections, even in red states, with a very different message on health care: protecting Obamacare. Democrats are divided on this issue. What do you say to voters who are worried that your position on Medicare for All could cost you critical votes in the general election?

[GulfCoast66]

23. I don't watch TV so can't comment on the overall content provided by Welker.

But the question you posted seems to be an accurate summary of what happened in 2018. We won the house mainly by running more moderate Candidates in formerly red districts promising to protect the ACA. Medicare for all was not even on the agenda.

I see nothing wrong with the question as long as she is asking the same type questions to republicans.

[rockfordfile]

27. I agree on Wallace.

[cbdo2007]

5. If they can control Trump from interrupting in the debates, they will be easy Biden wins.

[COLGATE4]

16. I can just see Welker keeping Trump from interrupting

Her idea will be that, if Trump never stops talking then there's no need to call him for interrupting.

[albacore]

6. I can't imagine trump will debate...

He's decompensating before our eyes. He gets worse by the day.
His handlers - Kushner at least - know he'd be a disaster.

"Health concerns" or tantrum about how the debate format is unfair or some such bullshit will keep him out of the debates.

[OnDoutside]

13. Welker ??? Shit.

[COLGATE4]

14. This

[OnDoutside]

18. This is a disaster waiting to happen, apart from anything else she's

not of the standard of a presidential debate. There are lots women who would be far more able, like Rachel, Nicolle Wallace or Amanpour.

[COLGATE4]

31. Absolutely. At her best she's terribly wishy-washy, aside

from exhibiting very clear pro-Rethug ideas. Of all the highly competent female journalists who could do a bang-up job someone thought that this hack would be the chosen one. It smells.

[dalton99a]

21. Welker is a Trump stooge.

[OnDoutside]

26. Well she's definitely not a true blue, that's for sure.

[rockfordfile]

28. So is Wallace. Far-right propaganda network

[greyl]

34. I'm expecting to more happy with Wallace than Welker. nt

[greyl]

35. Sharing that sentiment. nt

[Thekaspervote]

24. The truth is debates do very little to change voters minds. And with the small % of undecideds

This election season, It’s even more unlikely that there will be any shift.

https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/do-tv-debates-sway-voters

[MoonRiver]

25. Moderators can't control Chump's worst enemy, his mouth!

[Thekaspervote]

29. Ha!! His own worst enemy is that mouth.

[Awsi Dooger]

30. It should have been Brianna Keilar for all 4

But on that list I respect Susan Page the most

[ecstatic]

32. WTF? Why is Fox News going first? nt

[littlemissmartypants]

33. What are they going to debate? The Republicans have no platform. nt