October 23, 2015
Brace yourselves: CNBC GOP debate coming next week
Maybe I am just paranoid, but I see signs of danger ahead for the next GOP presidential debate, to be telecast on CNBC. Maybe the actual debate itself, with luminaries such as Lawrence Kudlow, will be fine. But what are we to make of this graphic, produced by CNBC itself (hat tip: Legal Insurrection):
Worst. Graphic. Ever.
And then there is the choice of location. Why on earth stage a GOP debate in a redoubt of the left like Boulder, Colorado? Berkeley wasn’t available? Even the New York Times raised its eyebrows:
This mountainside city of yoga studios, tech start-ups, and Buddhist-inflected cafes and bookstores, people are likelier to spot a wandering black bear than an elected Republican.
But for one night this month, Boulder will briefly and improbably swing into the center of the conservative orbit as presidential candidates and hundreds of journalists gather Oct. 28 at the University of Colorado’s campus here for the third Republican primary...(Read Full Post)