More news about the debate. CNBC plans to limit the number of candidates to perhaps a 5% threshold in Iowa or NH and there won't be a second debate for the bottom tier.
"Todd went on to give some hypothetical debate standards that could size down the number of spots, including limiting the debate to those who earned at least 5% in New Hampshire or Iowa. Under that standard, candidates like Rand Paul, Mike Huckabee, Chris Christie who made it into previous debates would not qualify without a bump in their poll numbers. There are also currently no plans to introduce an earlier second-tier debate to accommodate candidates who could not make the primetime debate. “I doubt there will be an undercard,” RNC spokesman Sean Spicer said on CNN the day after the second debate."
CNBC Plans to Limit Number of GOP Candidates in Third Debate | Mediaite
The article is dated yesterday. All of a sudden candidates like Christie are campaigning in Iowa. The TV news analysts keep mentioning it's because Walker dropped out but that seemed strange to me since his decline in Iowa started awhile ago. Maybe they are really going into Iowa because of concerns about qualifying for the CNBC debate.
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