Roger Ailes, the head honcho at FOX NEWS finally jumps in and responds as if he's channelling the spirit of John Gibson on the subject of FOX debates:

"The candidates that can’t face Fox, can’t face Al Qaeda," Fox chief Roger Ailes said last night, according to the Observer. "And that’s what’s coming."

No word yet on whether the Democrats will be participating in the Al Qaeda-sponsored debate in Peshawar in October...read on

I should say he's channelling the GOP and their fear-mongering tactics. Roger is really disappointed that he couldn't get Jack Bauer to host the debates so he can get down to some serious interrogations...I mean so he can use his most excellent expansive questioning skills on the Democrats.