Blog 2.5

1. The RNC accused the hosts of asking "'gotcha' questions, petty and mean-spirited in tone, and designed to embarrass our candidates."
2. They are currently threatening to have a debate hosted by another channel instead of having it on Telemundo, an affiliate of NBC.
3. Harwood calling Trump's policies "a comic book version of a campaign."
4. Jonah Goldberg noticed that many journalists ask Republicans harder questions because they think they have to. Goldberg believes this is because a majority of journalists have a large number of liberals influencing their behavior.
5. The party is threatening to suspend its partnership with NBC, including the next GOP debate being hosted by Telemundo.
6. They have a tradition of mistrusting the media that can be traced all the way back to President Nixon. Also, grassroots Conservatives have believed in a liberal bias in the mainstream media for years.
7. Independents and Centrist voters still rely on the mainstream media for news, so they need to reach out to these voters, as they can decide elections.
8. Yes, I expect most if not all of the candidates to go along with the boycott. Trump may cause some problems, but if so this might the point where the party drops him. Most candidates, however, cannot afford to run an independent campaign.
9. Any candidate who goes along with the boycott will retain favor from the party, as they followed their wishes.
10. If a candidate were to disregard the party's instruction, they risk losing party support. Many candidates would not be able to run a successful campaign without support from the party.