Trump is scared of Megyn Kelly — but even more so of Clinton and Sanders

[UCmeNdc]

MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell argued on Wednesday that while Donald Trump is afraid of Fox News’ Megyn Kelly, there’s another reason the real estate entrepreneur is ducking out of the next Republican presidential debate.

“He is more afraid of Hillary Clinton, and he’s more afraid of Bernie Sanders,” O’Donnell said. “That is why he pulled out of the Fox News debate. He is setting the precedent now of refusing to debate in the general election against a Democrat.”

Trump is doing so, O’Donnell argued, because he knows that any Democratic presidential nominee would “wipe him out” in a one-on-one debate.

“No one knows better than Donald Trump that Donald Trump doesn’t know anything — that he is an utter ignoramus on all matters of governing,” the host said. “The more time he has in a debate, the more time there is to expose that, and no one can do that better than someone who disagrees with his policies.”


http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/lawrence-odonnell-trump-is-scared-of-megyn-kelly-but-even-more-so-of-clinton-and-sanders/

[mmonk]

1. Agreed. The Trump bubble will burst.

[riversedge]

2. No, not scared. --Control is the isue--Donald is used to being in Control and wants to be now.

If he were to go in stage--he cannot control the moderators nor the other candidates-who will be throwing the kitchen sink at him before the caucus and primary. He wants to be in charge at the moment (important at this time of the primary for sure). People can say anything they want from a distance--and he can tweet back for give it back in other forms. But being up on stage he has little Control--sure a rebut here and there but with so many up on stage it is .

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

3. Agreed, but in one fell swoop, he regained control

Every move he's made has worked for him. This will be no different. There are accepted ground rules to these ridiculous "debates" that aren't really debates. The politicians accept the rules they know. Trump says, "These things are fucking stupid. These guys are losers. They could never close a deal. I'm the deal maker." (He's right on both counts.) And in this way, he gets further ahead. This will work out for him, too.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

4. Trump won again, go figure

And he took Cruz down with this maneuver. When people understand what he's doing, they'll stop predicting his demise weekly.

[Fumesucker]

5. Like anyone else on the Republican stage knows anything about governing

Frankly if I were forced to choose among the Republican field I'd pick Trump over Cruz in a heartbeat, Trump is a blowhard, Cruz is a true believer. I'd pick Trump over Carson and Fiorina too.