On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 9:36 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > The Commission needs to inform both candidates that the moderators of > remaining “events” will have the power to enforce the rules both campaigns > agreed to, including turning off microphones when the other side has the > floor, when time has expired, or when candidates ignore the direction of > the moderator. If they don’t want to accept that they should not show up. >
It is a given that no matter what rules are set Trump is going to break them if it is to his perceived advantage. So the debate organizers can change the rules, get both campaigns to agree to the new rules, and at the debate Trump will still break them without a second thought. If the organizers push to make a structure where Trump can't storm and bully, his campaign will not agree to them. There has been a great expansion of the executive branch and its powers since FDR first took office. There was always an assumption that there would be some institutional check on that power if needed and maintaining the integrity of the democracy would be more in the interest of both major parties than short term partisan advantage. Trump, along with his cronies, lawyers, and Attorney General, have challenged any attempt to hold him accountable for anything including following the law. Trump has now internalized that he can simply act with impunity and he will not be held to account. But the political institutions and political media are in denial about this and they would rather watch government operations and the rituals around the election turn into a farce than try to design the processes to account for Trump not following rules or laws. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHunTMepHpwna%3D9cUp_G0gdutWCqCDmW15or0i3w_HeZw%40mail.gmail.com.
