https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/03/gop-aims-to-ease-bloodshed-in-2016-primary-debates/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 03:39:05 -0400<![CDATA[Finally, who conducts the debates? The last time around, some conservatives expressed anger about what they saw as liberal journalists subjecting GOP candidates to hostile questioning. &#8220;The Republicans have let this become the reality show of presidential politics,&#8221; said Katon Dawson, a former chairman of the South Carolina GOP, during that state&#8217;s primary week in January 2012. &#8220;We&#8217;ve let it be driven it by people who don&#8217;t like us. &#8230; For that hour and a half of earned media, we have let the drive-by shooting of the liberal media come after our Republican candidates unfettered.&#8221;]]>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 08:00:57 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/02/03/gop-aims-to-ease-bloodshed-in-2016-primary-debates-n99783