‘Survivor- GOP Presidential Primary’ Debate Thursday

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

The new reality TV series "Survivor – GOP Presidential Primary" returns for a new episode Thursday night, returning to FAUX News Fraudcasting, and is cosponsored by Google and the Florida Republican Party from Orlando, Florida on September 22 at 9:00 p.m. ET. You can Submit questions to the September 22nd Fox News/Google GOP debate in advance.

Maybe Google will real time fact-check the crazy sh*t these candidates say with a Google search. I would love to see follow-up questions to a response with "But [candidate] you said on [date] just the opposite — let's go to the video!" Gotcha!

The "hacktacular" Howard Kurtz, now writing for The Daily Beast, has his two cents to add. GOP Fox News/Google Debate Hinges on Stopping Rick Perry Steamroller:

There are two wild cards in the next Fox News presidential debate. One is the presence of gadfly candidate [former Governor of New Mexico] Gary Johnson. The other is the Google factor.

While the GOP candidates gathering in Orlando on Thursday night will face questioning by a trio of Fox anchors, they also will have to respond to YouTube videos from ordinary folks, thanks to Google’s role in co-sponsoring of the event. And non-journalists tend to throw out very different kinds of questions, from softballs to curve balls.

But the real test will come when you Google Rick Perry’s name after the debate. If the hits show him on the defensive again, struggling to explain away aspects of his Texas record, then he will have hit a major speed bump in his path to the nomination.

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That’s why this moment—and this debate, Perry’s third encounter with his rivals—is so important for the Texas governor. If he’s going to be slowed down before he cements his lead in the polls heading into Iowa and New Hampshire, his opponents are not going to have a better opportunity.

Perry took his share of hits in last week’s CNN debate, and a new USA Today/Gallup poll shows he has lost his big double-digit lead over Romney, with Perry now at 31 percent and the former Massachusetts governor at 24 percent. Bachmann has slid to just 5 percent.

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The Perry locomotive is chugging along full steam ahead, despite skeptical media coverage and Romney portraying him as all but ready to throw grandma out in the snow. His rivals will have another chance to slow that train on Thursday, perhaps with some random citizens enjoying a YouTube moment.

I am curious to see how Libertarian former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson uses this rare opportunity to portray himself as the better alternative to Libertarian presidential retread Ron Paul.

Looking ahead to the next episode of "Survivor- GOP Presidential Primary," 2012 Primary Debate Schedule « 2012 Election Central, viewers will have to wait until Tuesday, October 11, when Bloomberg Television, The Washington Post and WBIN-TV sponsor a debate from Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH.