Any format where The Donald can’t just give a few quick [crazy tea party] crowd-pleasing but non-fact-checked one-liners and gratuitous insults will work against him, because he has nothing.

Nailed it. I would actually be fascinated to see what a Republican debate is like without his bullying presence.

Well said. His style of debate consists of “I know you are but what am I” jabs. He really is a buffoon who couldn’t last ten minutes if he had to think of anything substantive.

“Every time Chris Christie talks, speakers play a fart noise.”

CNBC should counter his demads by dis-inviting him. Don’t let him boycott shit. Lock him out

Other than the sound of his own bloviated voice and the proclaimed beauty of his daughter, is this soggy wet turnip skull pleased by anything?

Looks like Trump’s team just figured out what Hillary Clinton’s knew a year ago: debates are toxic to frontrunners unless they flat-out win. Trump is a shitty debater, so the whole debate is just an opportunity for everyone else to take potshots while he stands there looking like the unwilling guest of honor at a…