It’s official: Republicans are abandoning the Fee on Presidential Debates. That’s the group of Washington grandees fashioned in 1987 to set the phrases of the televised sparring each 4 years. After signaling its intent for months, the Republican Nationwide Committee voted unanimously final week to withdraw.
The standard suspects are hyping this as a GOP assault on democracy and the American manner. The place’s the fainting sofa? The fact is that sidelining the talk fee will merely put presidential campaigns again in cost. Debate matters and codecs will likely be up for negotiation between the Republican and Democratic nominees.
