Peter Ducey is there.
Hey Peter, big couple hours here, Neil.
President Biden laid out terms for these debates that were
favorable to his side and President Trump accepted.
So for now, there's not going to be any audiences
for the two agreed upon debates.
But Trump has some requests of his own.
He did Hugh Hewitt's radio show and he said I
think we should go 2 hours.
Yeah, I think we should go 2.
And he said a stand up podium is important if
he wants to sit down.
You know, he wants to do things like he wants
to sit down.
I think a debate should be standing up.
So by cutting out the Commission on Presidential Debates, the
major parties are cutting out RFK junior.
And he is furious.
He is accusing Biden and Trump of colluding against him.
And he says by excluding me from the stage, Presidents
Biden and Trump seek to avoid discussion of their eight
years of mutual failure, including deficits, wars, lockdowns, chronic disease
and inflation.
The Biden team is also insisting microphones must be cut
to prevent anybody from speaking out of turn.
And they insist that this is not tied to recent
poor polling.
Shouldn't we see this sudden offer from the president to
debate as a signal that you guys realize you need
to change the subject after some really bad polling?
You know, we went to had a back and forth
on polling yesterday.
He's laser focused on making sure we do everything that
we can to give people, Americans, a little bit of
breathing room.
Donald Trump had challenged Joe Biden to a debate anywhere,
anytime.
The two seem to be trying to call each other's
Bluffs.
But now there is going to be at least one
debate a month before Donald Trump even accepts the Republican
nomination at the convention, which is until today, something that
hadn't happened.
Neil, I'm curious, even though CNN is handling it, will
it be broadcast on all networks?
That's a good question for them.
The ABC debate that is scheduled in the fall, they
are saying that they are going to make it available
to simulcast.
All right, we'll watch closely, Peter.
Thank you very much Peter Ducey on all of that.