After Last Night

From Scott Johnson at Powerline Blog:

Last night’s prime time debate among the Republican candidates at the Reagan Library made one thing clear to me. One big loser emerged. I thought the loser was Jake Tapper (and CNN).

The current arrangement for debates is the product of the Republican National Committee’s rethinking of the 2012 experience. Politico reported on the current set-up sanctioned by the RNC this past January here. The current arrangement represents a move in the right direction — MSNBC is out — but it doesn’t go far enough. It is time for the RNC to rethink the debate structure set up for this contest and for contests to come. I have a (non-satirical) modest proposal.

CNN’s Jake Tapper ran the show last night. Jake Tapper and CNN are not friendly to the GOP or to the interests of GOP voters. Indeed, I think it is fair to infer that he is a walking paragon of conventional wisdom on the issues of the day, or close to it. As such, he is an enemy of the GOP. Why cede control of the event to Tapper and CNN? Also on the schedule noted by Politico are CBS, NBC/Telemundo (a twofer!), and CNN again.
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Here is my modest proposal. The Republican National Committee schedules and sponsors the remaining debates, perhaps consistent with the current schedule. With the object of the exercise formulated to advance the interests of Republican voters, the RNC sets the ground rules. The RNC picks the moderators. The RNC seeks out the best conservative journalists and commentators — Michael Barone, Bill Kristol, Steve Hayes, Hugh Hewitt, Bret Baier, Charles Krauthammer, and Byron York, for example — to moderate the debates. The RNC stages the debates. The RNC live streams the debates and invites the networks and cable outlets to cover them.

After last night, these seem to me to be obviously desirable reforms. What am I missing?

I concur. Cut out the hostile, Pro-Democrat Media. Make them broadcast the debates on the GOP's term. If they choose not to broadcast, cut them off from accessing any GOP official.