Business Insider: 2016 Republican Party has a massive debate problem — and no one seems to know the solution

By Colin Campbell, May 13, 2015, Business Insider

The ever-increasing number of Republican candidates running for president is posing a serious challenge for the party as it plans 2016 debates.

The conundrum itself isn't complicated. Too many candidates risks making the debates circus-like, where the stage is crowded with candidates and each gets mere minutes to speak. On the other hand, excluding candidates inevitably enrages their supporters and creates controversy for the GOP and its television network partners.

"One Republican involved in the process said a 90-minute forum with 10 candidates would offer each candidate only four to five minutes, after subtracting commercials and moderator time," The New York Times' Jonathan Martin wrote in a story published Wednesday.

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