Is This An Opening For the Bottom Feeders in the GOP Presidential Race?

How brave:

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus told NBC News in a Friday letter that the committee will no longer partner with the network for the February Republican presidential debate.

Citing concerns over the Wednesday night CNBC debate, Priebus wrote that the RNC can not continue to work with NBC for the debate on Feb. 26 until the committee consults with the Republican campaigns. NBC was set to co-host the debate with Telemundo, the Spanish-language media division of NBCUniversal. ***

In the letter to NBC, Priebus railed against the CNBC moderators for failing to focus on financial and economic issues, and he said that the moderators made factual errors and asked “offensive” questions.

Priebus is a fucking coward, as is anyone in the GOP field who complained about tough questions at the last debate. Jesus Christ, people -- did any of you Republicans actually watch the Democratic debate? Here are some of the questions -- or lead-ins to questions -- from that debate:

• "Secretary Clinton, I want to start with you. Plenty of politicians evolve on issues, but even some Democrats believe you change your positions based on political expediency."


• "Senator Sanders. A Gallup poll says half the country would not put a socialist in the White House. You call yourself a democratic socialist. How can any kind of socialist win a general election in the United States?"


• "Governor Chafee, *** [w]hen you were senator from Rhode Island, you were a Republican. When you were elected governor, you were an independent. You've only been a Democrat for little more than two years. Why should Democratic voters trust you won't change again?"


• "Senator Sanders, tell an American soldier who is watching right now tonight in Afghanistan why you can be commander-in- chief given that you applied for conscientious objector status."


• "Secretary Clinton, ***  [w]hat does [your email problem] say about your ability to handle far more challenging crises as president?"

Bottom line: If you are running for President of the United States, you should expect to receive tough questions from the media along the way. The Democrats didn't complain about having to answer difficult questions.

I do know one thing:  If I was one of the GOP presidential candidates whose poll numbers don't allow me to debate at the adult's table, I'd use this opportunity to go after Trump, Carson, Rubio, Cruz, and all the rest of them who are complaining about tough questioning.  I'd probably say something like this:

Look, if some of my fellow GOP candidates can't handle of few tough questions from the media, how would they ever be able to stand up to Putin?  Maybe a few of my colleagues should think about applying for a different job. If Trump, Carson, Rubio, Cruz, and others actually think the last debate was too difficult for them, perhaps they should hold their next one in a bouncy house and invite the folks from Fox & Friends to lob a few softball questions at them prior to nap time.

This stuff practically writes itself.