The republican candidates are being trivialized and marginalized by external influences forcing the public to consider totally irrelevant issues. These debates are being orchestrated by the media and the democratic hardliners.  Why you ask, because the topics being debated are irrelevant to the president’s role in the big picture and are in fact the role of congress.  Issues such as abortion, social security, gay rights and on and on are really just smoke screens to take the voter’s…