{"id":11604,"date":"2016-03-04T16:08:51","date_gmt":"2016-03-05T00:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11604"},"modified":"2016-03-04T16:31:55","modified_gmt":"2016-03-05T00:31:55","slug":"panic-in-the-party-last-nights-fox-news-gop-debate-in-detroit-bradcast-332016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11604","title":{"rendered":"Panic in the Party!: Last Night&#8217;s Fox &#8216;News&#8217; GOP Debate in Detroit: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 3\/4\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_RubioTrumpCruzKasich_GOPDebateFoxDetroit030316_030416.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">On today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a>, coverage, analysis, insight, snark and fact-checking following last night&#8217;s amazing GOP Debate on Fox &#8220;News&#8221; in Detroit between the four remaining candidates Trump, Cruz, Rubio and Kasich. [<i>Audio link to complete show is below.<\/i>]\n<p>I&#8217;m joined on the show today by our post-debate analysis champeen, <b>Heather Digby Parton<\/b> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/writer\/heather_digby_parton\/\">Salon<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/DigbysBlog.Blogspot.com\">Digby&#8217;s Hullabaloo<\/a>, as well as long-time blog friend, first time <i>BradCaster<\/i> Dave Johnson, formerly of <a href=\"http:\/\/SeeingTheForest.com\">Seeing the Forest<\/a> and now Senior Fellow at the progressive <a href=\"http:\/\/OurFuture.org\">Campaign for America&#8217;s Future<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Says &#8220;Digby&#8221; today when I ask her if she&#8217;s having fun yet this election cycle: &#8220;Of course, from the perspective of a political junkie, it&#8217;s never been better. But from the perspective of a citizen and a human being, this is one of the scariest [elections] ever, maybe <i>the<\/i> scariest ever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Says Johnson about the raucous &#8212; and arguably profane &#8212; madness on display in Detroit last night: &#8220;I&#8217;m so old, I remember when Bill Clinton was asked if it was boxers or briefs, and the whole country was shocked. Yes, the debate was raucous, not something you&#8217;d want your kids to see. It was empty of policy, and I think we&#8217;re going to see Trump&#8217;s poll numbers go way up&#8230;It was embarrassing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to bringing some reality to the Republican Party&#8217;s now, full-on panic and fantastical notions of somehow, by hook or crook, taking down Trump before he secures the nomination and, yes, discussing the <i>facts<\/i> in response to what little policy actually <i>was<\/i> alluded to last night (Just one question on Flint? During a debate in Detroit?!), we also discuss the current status of the race between Sanders and Clinton following Super Tuesday in what is, no doubt, the smartest &#8212; and, occasionally, most amusing &#8212; post-debate analysis in the whole wide world! Enjoy!&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\".\/Images\/Speaker_Icon_24.png\" style=\"width: 24px; float: none; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;\"> <b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_GOPDebateFoxDetroit_DigbyDaveJohnson_030416.mp3\">CLICK TO LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD SHOW!&#8230;<\/a><\/i><\/b><br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_GOPDebateFoxDetroit_DigbyDaveJohnson_030416.mp3]<\/blockquote>\n<p><center><b>* * *<\/b><\/center><i>While we post <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><\/i>The BradCast<i><\/a> here every day, and you can hear it across all of our great affiliate stations and websites, to automagically get new episodes as soon as they&#8217;re available sent right to your computer or personal device, subscribe for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/id803467610\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/stitcher.com\/s\/player.php?fid=25838&#038;src=psl\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-BradCast-with-Brad-Friedman-p477565\/\">TuneIn<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/bradcast\/feed.xml\">our native RSS feed<\/a>!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-START--><\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f5f0e0; border:2px solid #6b5a2e; border-radius:6px; padding:10px 14px; text-align:center; font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"display:block; margin:0 0 8px 0; color:#3a2e0e; font-size:0.95em; line-height:1.5;\"><strong>The BRAD BLOG<\/strong>, <em>The BradCast<\/em> and <em>Green News Report<\/em> are all 100% independent and 100% listener and reader supported!<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Donate\" style=\"display:inline-block; background:#6b5a2e; color:#ffffff; padding:6px 18px; border-radius:4px; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none; font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:0.9em;\">Please CLICK HERE to help support our work today!<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-END--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On today&#8217;s BradCast, coverage, analysis, insight, snark and fact-checking following last night&#8217;s amazing GOP Debate on Fox &#8220;News&#8221; in Detroit between the four remaining candidates Trump, Cruz, Rubio and Kasich. 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