I would honestly love (and I do NOT understand why no Republican has done it) for a candidate to simply refuse the controlled-by-Leftist-media debate format, and challenge the Leftists to a Lincoln/Douglas style debate, or no debate at all. Or at the very least, demanding an equal number of debates hosted by Leftist and right-leaning outlets, take it or leave it.
What we have now is nothing less than the opposite of all the debates being moderated by Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, or Glenn Beck. The notion would be inconceivable to the Left if the roles were reversed. It is so ludicrous for the GOP to allow it to continue. They walk into the lions den, cycle after cycle, pitting themselves on an uneven playing field against their opposition and the moderators of the debates. The very questions are designed to elicit negative opinions of the GOP, let alone the attitudes and blatant bias of the moderators.
I suppose the risk of a take it or leave it ultimatum is the Leftists saying, OK, then no debate, and then portraying the Republican as afraid to debate. But someone ought to have the ability to articulate an outright refusal to play the game by their rules any longer, and establish a new playing field.
