This one will be in Boulder, CO on Oct. 28, and is sponsored by CNBC. Candidates must have a 3% polling average to make the main debate. Note: this may be rounded–one article is saying 2.5%.
If the event were held now, this is how it would play out:
For the junior-league:
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/gop-debate-cnbc-undercard-candidates-polls-214290
Not really sure why they’re still doing the junior league debate. None of those candidates have a ice cube’s chance in hell of becoming POTUS. CNBC must have nothing decent to air then, I guess.
That’s exactly correct , once the markets close, CNBC has ratings close to zero and most of that comes from Fast Money and Mad Money.
It worked for Fiorina.
Using poll results to hype someone so they go up in the polls is a vicious circle, no?
Maybe instead of using poll results, they should divide the cards by some measure of experience.
They should invite all of them to stand up, and the ten who can say “Ronald Reagan” the most times in 60 seconds get to stay for the debate, while the others head for the nearest parking ramp to tape a debate among themselves to be aired later.
CNBC has announced the lineup:
main event
Trump, Carson, Bush, Christie, Cruz, Fiorina, Huckabee, Kasich, Paul, and Rubio.
junior debate
Graham, Jindal, Santorum, and Pataki.
The main debate will be only 2 hours long (something that both Trump and Carson insisted on).
You have to feel a little sorry for Jim Gilmore, who can’t even get a seat at the kiddie table.
I have to? Well, OK, if its just a “little”.
Pataki is still running? How come I didn’t know that? Is it because he’s not crazy?
I remember reading an article that said Lindsey Graham was in danger of missing the cut for the JV debate. Did they bend the rules for him, or did he just barely make the cut?
Could Trump go after Carson now that he’s trailing in Iowa by an average of 8 points?
All he needed was to reach 1% in one single poll within the window.
Who also doesn’t have a snowball’s chance.
Can’t believe we still have to deal with 10 candidates on the main stage. Rand Paul adds a bit of entertainment value, but I could cut him out along with Christie and Huck.
I think Bush will be interesting to watch because he feels like he needs to play offense now.
DSeid predicts … significantly lower ratings.
The show is getting boring; the schtick is getting old.
It’s in the Stupid Ideas thread but I hope Carson drops this in the debate.
John Kasich is getting fed up:
We’ll find out tonight whether he actually means that. It could be a very interesting evening if he does, but I don’t see him having the guts to use the debate as an opportunity to call out his party on the direction it’s going.
I’d love to be proven wrong, though.
And the Dem debate, IMHO, revealed the hollowness of the GOP debates, the underlying lack of substance there. It’s no more than WWE for political junkies.
I think this debate will be very interesting.
Marco Rubio is being hammered right now for his recent voting record and “I hate the Senate” remarks, so I suspect he could have a rough night.
Trump is unpredictable, so who the hell knows what he might do in his desperation to stay on top.
I can’t wait.