<p>LakeWashington, that was a very good point. As a moderator, Chris Matthews was just awful. Injected himself much too much. If republicans can subject themselves to Matthews, why are the democratic candidates afraid of Brit Hume?</p>
<p>Because Brit Hume has been in the Washington circle for a long time and has credence. (ABC & Fox), but since he is Fox they have made their judgement and joined together. Wonder what the media would have said if repubs said no to Chris Matthews</p>
<p>“Wonder what the media would have said if repubs said no to Chris Matthews”</p>
<p>I’d love to know. I don’t mind tough questioning, but I don’t watch debates to hear the answers/opinions of the moderators.</p>
<p>We’ll never know! It will be interesting when we get down to dem v rep.</p>
<p>Post # 201 why are the democratic candidates afraid of Brit Hume?</p>
<p>Hume is likely to ask questions that while entertaining to his audience the Ds dont want to respond to.</p>
<p>Its not very complicated, nor does everything have to be a conspiracy.</p>
<p>Nobody said it was a conspiracy, I think the implication was why isn’t what is good for the goose not god for the gander.</p>
<p>Why don’t the dems want to answer his ?</p>
<p>Posts above We’ll never know!</p>
<p>A good guess would be that they would have a 1 or 2 day story about the Rs not going on with Chris Matthews just like they had a 1 or 2 day story about the Ds not going on Fox.</p>
<p>More on economic-royalist wing of the G.O.P.</p>
<p>Dec. 27 (Bloomberg) – Wealthy Republicans have a new political nightmare that may be scarier than Hillary Clinton: Mike Huckabee.
The former Arkansas governor has surged in Republican presidential-preference polls, winning the support of Christian fundamentalists while peppering his campaign rhetoric with jabs at the financial industry. He calls himself the candidate who isn’t a ``wholly owned subsidiary’’ of investment banks, decries large executive-pay packages and says the party needs to shift its focus from Wall Street to Main Street.
In doing so, he threatens the uneasy if effective coalition Republicans have counted on for three decades: abortion opponents and other social-issue activists supplying foot soldiers, proponents of tax cuts and business-friendly regulatory policies putting up the money and getting the biggest economic benefits.
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