“If Fox News has no Trump, then I’m all Trump.”
That’s how Stephen Colbert introduced an exclusive presidential debate, Trump v Trump, in his Thursday night show.
In case you’re still digging out from last weekend’s blizzard, this week’s installment of the political reality TV show otherwise known as the Republican presidential campaign featured a kindergarten-level spat between frontrunner Donald Trump and showrunner FOX News.
Viewers hungry for a glimpse of the debate boycotting candidate could have, instead, tuned in to The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.
This is not the first time Colbert has made hay over a Republican presidential candidate flip-flops. In 2012, the subject was Mitt Romney. And Jon Stewart focused on Jeb Bush’s Iraq War positions last year, a pointed-but-not-as-funny exercise.
One difference with Trump 2016 is that these flip-flops aren’t about political positions: they’re judgments about people.
Questions (and commentary) feature Ted Cruz, Hillary Clinton, Fox News host Megyn Kelly (at the center of Trump’s boycott), and, of course, Iowa caucus-goers.
My wish list: the links to all of the clips!
Nielsen data that suggest, contrary to the 2012 gauntlet, presidential debate ratings are on a steady decline as Iowa caucuses grow near. (Voter fatigue? Issue relevance?)
Trump’s decision to boycott Thursday night’s debate caused the ratings to cave.
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