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FBN LOWERED the threshold to 2.5% to make the main debate. Why? Who exactly are they so desperate to get in the main debate? It can't be Rand Paul. He's on one end. Is it Kasich again? They did jumping jacks to get him in the Fox News debate,
Christie and Huckabee will be in the smaller earlier debate with Santorum and Jindal and Graham is in no debate.
And once again they are insisting Trump is in the center when they have an even number (8) of participants in the main debate.
With the top two candidates, one being a super Egomaniac the other being Batsh..t Crazy..... what could possibly go wrong with the GOP process??
They dropped it down to 2.5% to make sure jeb gets in.
And, that can't possibly surprise anyone can it? I knew the minute I heard that that Bush would be included.
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I wish Christie was in the main debate. Glad Kasich made it...he's my favorite right now.
Agree on Christie. He did a good job the last time and certainly better than Bush. Kasich? I cannot stand him as there is something about him that just doesn't sit right.
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I think they dropped it to make sure Kasich gets in just like they finagled it in the first Fox debate.
I don't understand why. He seems to have nothing special to offer. Probably bought his way in like Bush.
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I think they want to keep Christie out. He's not afraid to be honest and call bs on the moderators and the questions.
He did a great job in the last debate.
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With the top two candidates, one being a super Egomaniac the other being Batsh..t Crazy..... what could possibly go wrong with the GOP process??
Oh, no, super Egomaniac (Hillary) and the other Batsh......... Bernie are Democrats not GOP.
Me too. He makes me laugh. I was never going to vote for him.
Someone on Morning Joe pointed out that he's the only one that actually served in the military and he's getting the boot right before Veterans Day.
He didn't just serve, he retired as an officer - Colonel.
"In 2015, Graham retired from the Air Force with over 33 total years of service, after reaching the statutory retirement age of 60 for his rank." Wikipedia
I think they dropped it to make sure Kasich gets in just like they finagled it in the first Fox debate.
They wanted to have 8. It would be too bold of a move to go from 10 to 6, especially when there is only 2 weeks between debates. Kasich is actually outpolling Rand Paul.
I am not sure I have a solution but this is the first time the media are deciding who is “worthy” of being heard. Does it also mean they won’t be polled again?
We're up to our 4th debate. Is it unreasonable to not include people with less than 1%?
Well considering that this is the second election cycle where the early Republican front runners have been, well let's just say outside the norm, who after riding to the top of the heap went on to pretty quickly implode under public scrutiny (See Herman Caine) and that fact that the Republicans are still months away from the major primaries and almost more than six months from their convention... the elimination of candidates who actually have demonstrated experience in governance being eliminated from, if nothing else, the conversation I would think is more than bit problematic.
That leaves me with the following opinion, democracy is a wonderful thing, but the political parties aren't governments, they are political entities and as a result have a responsibility to control the political debate within their respective parties. To do that, they have an important role in deciding who represents their organization which means in my mind, vetting its candidates, in effect deciding who gets to run and who doesn't. That being said there is no rational reason for a party to have 17 candidates vying for a place in a national discussion based solely on their popularity months before any meaningful primary.
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