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I think he ought to get some props for that. maybe they should have the second tier question the first tier, right? so lets have the -- throw tough questions at the top rank and well see how that works out. >> and robert costa, you know that the democrats are disappointed at this kind of debate structure. they want to see, first of all, as crazy looking a stage and chaotic as possible, 20 people up there, whatever it takes, but they also want rick santorum tossing bombs that they believe will al...

Usually know that that is a trap. the reason they like to use and hide behind their spots is that they are saying what they want to say, theyre measured -- sometimes tested, howie. they dont want to get past that box. they may get in trouble. >> i think its voubl to go and say, hey, this is what youre people are saying, what your ads are saying. hes here, say it to his face. >> go ahead. >> what the moderators are trying to do is make the debates entertainmenting, which they are not naturally --...

>> rick santorums political career will be ending soon. he will go to the republican convention next year not as a candidate but as a fox news contributor again. >> santorum has traveled all of iowa, and hes still gaining no traction. theres a reason for that. >> then of course, santorum finished in a virtual tie in the iowa caucuses. how could news outlets make this mistake again and fail to scrutinize santorums record in the process? mitt romney faces skeptical questioning despite wi...

We have now. the people need to be able to find out what is the thing that distinguishes each one of us. >> i want smaller groups on the stage, better questions and let us all be heard from equally. reince priebus is a good man. hes rebuilt a republican party that was pretty much in tatters and this debate structure is not leading to the best candidate coming out of the debate. >> molly is live in washington, d.c. for us and we heard from the campaign staff going into this meeting this evening, ...

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Since the nuclear deal, the iranians have test-fired a missile in violation of the sanctions. they have put troops on the ground in iran to hurt our interest and have jailed the fourth american business person. is this the change we are hoping for? iran is just slapping obama and kerry in the face. we have about 30 seconds left. i do want to talk about the debate. theres a big meeting in northern virginia, talking about changes in debates going forward after the debacle on wednesday. what chan...

>> i have asked my staff to reach out to all these staffs at all the other candidates and lets talk about a different type of format, perhaps something where you have two, three, four, five minutes to talk about your policies, tax policies and other kinds of things and then be questioned about them. >> in response to republican national committee took major action announcing it was suspending its relationship with nbc news for its scheduled february 26th debate in houston. nbc replied by saying ...

We have now. the people need to be able to find out what is the thing that distinguishes each one of us. >> i want smaller groups on the stage, better questions and let us all be heard from equally. reince priebus is a good man. hes rebuilt a republican party that was pretty much in tatters and this debate structure is not leading to the best candidate coming out of the debate. >> molly is live in washington, d.c. for us and we heard from the campaign staff going into this meeting this evening, ...

A little traveling. were you one of the winners last night by all accounts on social media and i across the board. was that moment a planned moment for you or something that evolved. >> it wasnt planned, as i listened to the questions rolling out, they each became more and more egregious and it became apparent that the moderators, they werent there trying to actually help primary voters decide who to vote for. their object was to belittle, to insult each of the candidates and to get them fightin...

Great deal of angst about the debates, setting aside what we have seen with trump for quite some time. we do have a very wide field. we have a debate structure that was set up to address problem in the 2012 cycles. it does not address the problem we are dealing with in this juncture, and there are a lot of qualified candidates who are not polling where they will make it into the debate. thats problems for the campaigns, but frankly its of concern to a lot of people in the water at large and the ...