Herman Cain has a plan to 'fix these God-awful debates'

Herman Cain says he's pinpointed the big problem with presidential debates: journalists. After last week's CNBC-hosted Republican debate, the Tea Party activist and 2012 Republican presidential candidate wrote a column proposing what he thinks are the best steps for the Republican Party to take to avoid another network ever trying to do "what CNBC tried and failed spectacularly to do on Wednesday — boost their ratings and promote their on-air personalities."

The crux of Cain's solution lies in ditching journalists as moderators and saying goodbye to the media's "tough questions":

While we're at it, Cain adds, we should just go ahead and nix the questions, which are "really not necessary in debates." Instead of "Trump being asked about what he said about women, Cruz being asked about shutting down the government, Carson being asked about his math, Rubio being asked about his attendance record, Bush being asked about his poll numbers," Cain proposes that every candidate get "latitude in deciding where to go with a given topic."

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Cain ends his analysis with one last tip: Don't air the debate while the World Series is on.