Thursday, 17 of May of 2012
Maybe there should be a GOP debate which is moderated only by conservative bloggers.
Until then, here are 6 bloggers who would be awesome on the panel of any upcoming Republican debate.
6. TAMMY BRUCE
5. ED MORRISSEY
4. JIM GERAGHTY
Talk about must-see TV…
What do you think? Who would be on your list?
An absolutely awsome idea!
They, the candidates, would never go for it.
Too many “real” questions by people who know what the issues are.
Hummm, well, maybe Gingrich would go for it as I’ve never seen him stumped and he enjoys real “give & take”.
Either of the ladies would make a great choice> But only Morrissey in the male selections as he appears the only one who knows how to wear a tie with a jacket.
Don Surber, Charleston Daily Mail, WV
Don Surber is awesome, it’s true.
If only….
Serious questions…WOW…how different…
Great picks, although I’d like to see one of the Reason editors. Welch would work for me.
Welch would be great. I’m trying to imagine Balko moderating it though. 
jeff goldstein @ protein wisdom
Seconded.
Absolutely a great group of CONSERVATIVE moderators for a Republican Debate.
My six: Mark Steyn, Jonah Goldberg, Bill Whittle, Andrew Breitbart, Ann Coulter, Glenn Reynolds
Nice picks, Tim.
I think that’s a fabulous idea. All of them could go to CNN and do their next debate, since, those people at CNN are too busy trying to make Obama look good and trash the tea party, all at the same time, that it makes it really difficult for them to come up with good questions.
That ewok at Ace of Spades would be teh awesome!
Heh. Good choice Squatch but I think you might have a hard time getting ACE to appear on TV.
If we could get a shadow-box, then Allahpundit might be interested.
Bruce McQuain of Q and O
or Dana Loesch of Big Journalism
This is way too good of an idea for our stuffy, retrograde BigTV networks to take it seriously.
Lileks/Green/Reynolds/Althouse/Gillespie/Andy Levy
(not necessarily conservatives, but statist-averse, liberty-minded and open-thinkers all)
How about those 6 interview the candidates one at a time. If they could hold their own in that field they would be ready for the MSM’s onslaught.
Peter Hitchens
Ace from Ace of Spades.
It’s not even up for debate. Make sure there is an open bar, that’ way it’s all the more entertaining.
THIS!
But are the candidates ready to be grilled by a drunken, ornery Ewok?
Tributes of freshly murdered hobos and val-u-rite vodka would have to be presented by all the candidates’ campaign staff.
FrankJ at imao.us would be my choice.
What do I think? I think this is a brilliant idea … for drawing traffic to your blog! I second Mark Steyn and nominate Victor Davis Hanson.
I don’t have any objections to anyone mentioned so far. My six would be Reynolds, Hugh Hewitt, Dennis Prager, James Lileks, Mark Steyn and Laura Ingraham. I know I lean heavily to talkers rather than writers but I think the format calls for it.
Ken, good point about talkers vs. writers. Dennis Prager is good at getting past misleading or superficial “talking points”. Most of the other people mentioned above should also be excellent. I’ve heard VDH on the radio, and he is very clear and understandable in that format, but I’ve never heard him interview someone else. There ought to be a role for my favorite revealer of tyrannical actions, Claudia Rosett, in the elections, but I’m not sure how she would do asking questions in a debate format. Never heard her speak.
Pepsi or coke?
How about the “Great One”: Mark Levin?
Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh…
Gerard Vanderleun. That would be wicked fun.
Iowahawk, Bill Whittle and the elusive Allahpundit. Greg Gutfield and Andy Levy, too.
1. Don Surber
2. John Derbyshire, NRO, pessimist
3. Radley Balko, for a libertarian view
4. love the previous mention of Claudia Rosett
5. Stacey McCain
6. Dennis Prager as BS detector, allowed to give follow up questions to anyone at anytime
I’d say Kim du Toit.
LOL, Cybr. They’d toss me after the first “Are you really that fucking dumb, or is this a ploy to get the retard vote away from Obama?”
Add Hugh Hewitt
This is something I would watch, record and re-watch over and over. This is what is missing from Fox. The infotainment gets boring. Fox better do it before CNN does.
I vote for Iowahawk.
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Yeah, Ace would be great.
I’d also like to see Jim Quinn from the War Room.
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