To add a little more to what Joe and I are wondering: Though some in the media have suspect that Fox is somehow behind the GOP’s ditching of the debate (and yes, I mused about it outloud), the campaigns I spoke to insist that Fox has nothing to do with it. One staffer, however, did speculate that if, say, Fox were hosting the YouTube debate, candidates would not feel as skeptical about the format.
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