Bill Clinton is honorary chairman of Presidential Debate Commission that will decide how Hillary will battle it out on stage

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There could be more drama coming down the debate pipeline. 

The Daily Caller is pointing out that Bill Clinton serves as an honorary chairman of the Commission on Presidential Debates, which could create a conflict of interest if his wife Hillary Clinton becomes the Democratic nominee. 

The commission is pushing back suggesting that Clinton's title has no actual power, but just a hint of influence over the debates could rattle Republicans, who are already angered over the last primary debate.

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Bill Clinton serves as an honorary chairman to the Commission on Presidential Debates, the group tasked with sponsoring and producing the general election debates, which could be problematic if Hillary Clinton becomes the Democratic nominee 

Bill Clinton's post on the Commission on Presidential Debates is in name only, the commission said, explaining that the former POTUS won't be making decisions about the 2016 general election debates 

The Commission on Presidential Debates is the body responsible for sponsoring and producing the general election debates and has four honorary co-chairmen. 

There's Clinton and former President Jimmy Carter who represent the Democrats.  

On the Republican side, the honorary chairman are two dead presidents – Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan – while the two living Republican presidents, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, dad and brother to candidate Jeb Bush, are not affiliated.    

'The former presidents are just that, they are honorary co-chairs, they do not have any involvement in any kinds of decisions the commission makes either on an operational or a policy basis,' Janet Brown, the executive director of the Commission on Presidential Debates told DailyMail.com. 

But with a Clinton on the roster and no Bushes to be found, there's a good chance the GOP will call bias, as they did in 2012 when – during a general election debate sponsored by CNN – moderator Candy Crowley corrected Republican Mitt Romney's statements on Benghazi, which gave an assist to Democratic President Barack Obama. 

Frank Fahrenkopf, one of the Republican chairmen of the Commission on Presidential Debates, regretted giving Crowley the job in hindsight. 

Besides Bill Clinton, the only other living president that made the list of general election debate honorary co-chairmen is Democrat Jimmy Carter, pictured here at a recent event in Washington 

There are no Bushes to be found on the Republican side of the Commission on Presidential Debates just the two late presidents Gerald Ford (left) and Ronald Reagan (right) 

Debate modrator Candy Crowley (center) took some heat for correcting GOP candidate Mitt Romney (right) on Benghazi during a 2012 general election debate, which gave an assist to President Obama (left)

'We made one mistake this time: Her name is Candy,' Fahrenkopf said, according to Fox News.  

This cycle, the general election debates, three of which are planned along with one vice presidential debate, will be under even more scrutiny in light of the problems the Republicans are having with their primary debates. 

Last night, a lot of issues came to a head as representatives from 12 of the 14 GOP presidential campaigns met in Washington and hashed out a list of demands for the remaining primary debates.

The demands included the temperature of the room – under 68 degrees, please – the location of the bathrooms, and more substantial items like always allowing opening and closing statements and equal questions to the candidates.

Republican candidates and supporters were upset over last week's CNBC debate, which wasn't just messy, but conservatives felt made a mockery of the candidates by asking them 'gotcha'-type questions.

Donald Trump, for example, was asked, ''Is this a comic book version of a presidential campaign?' 

Many of the candidates were also critical of a question some were asked about Fantasy Football. 

The Republican National Committee responded by suspending its relationship with NBC for a future February GOP debate.

The campaigns responded by trying to wrestle debate control away from the RNC and the media sponsors, which was the point of last night's discussion.  

Moving into the general, there will be similar concerns about left-leaning debate moderators. 

In 2012, conservatives weren't happy with Crowley and the other establishment media picks of ABC's Martha Raddatz, CBS' Bob Schieffer and PBS' Jim Lehrer and they claimed the Commission on Presidential Debates' chairs leaned too progressive. 

However, Ben Ginsburg, the GOP lawyer who is acting as the liaison between the presidential campaigns and the network sponsors, told the Daily Caller that he expected change was coming. 

'The general is a completely different issue,' Ginsburg said. 'My guess is there will be change in the general election debates too. I think the commission has highlighted that too.' 

And Brown, the executive director of the commission, told DailyMail.com that the honorary co-chairmen, which includes President Clinton, is something the commission could look at in the future.