Links

http://www.vox.com/2015/11/4/9669918/democrats-elections-crisis

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-11-04/democrats-lost-the-war-for-staying-power

I think both are correct; on the one hand, NOT winning the Presidency is a problem; on the other, the lack of Dems down the line helps the party in the long term -- fewer people competing for fewer spots means that they will tend to elect base candidates who will have trouble in the general elections... and, if you think about it, the GOP has the problem of too many good candidates trying to shove them in... of course, that is a problem, though.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-declare-war-on-the-media-at-their-own-peril/2015/11/02/012b6a6e-81a6-11e5-8ba6-cec48b74b2a7_story.html?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_headlines

I completely disagree with this; on the contrary, I don't think they need the media at all to put on a debate.  Think about it; the GOP could pick the locales, the candidates, the moderators, and say...we are having  a debate on X day and time.  If you want to cover it, name a price...if not... I mean. really, in this day and age of content production and the Internet...  If you think about it, a GOP debate with conservative moderators and themes...I'd like to think you could 15 million viewers for it (especially if Megyn Kelly is involved).  And, the mainstream media would be powerless to stop it...