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GOP Debate lineup announced, Christie/Huckabee bumped (Nov 10th, Fox Business)

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Fox Business Network on Thursday announced the candidate line-up for the Nov. 10 Republican presidential debates.

The candidates qualifying for the prime-time, 9 p.m. ET debate are:

Billionaire businessman Donald Trump; retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson; Florida Sen. Marco Rubio; Texas Sen. Ted Cruz; former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush; former HP CEO Carly Fiorina; Ohio Gov. John Kasich; and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.

The candidates qualifying for the earlier, 7 p.m. ET debate are:

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie; former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee; Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal; and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.

The criteria were different than for past debates. In a change, Christie and Huckabee ‎did not qualify for the prime-time event, while former New York Gov. George Pataki and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham did not qualify for either; neither did ex-Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore.

To qualify for the prime-time debate, a candidate had to score 2.5 percent or higher in an average of the four most recent national polls. Candidates scoring under that had to receive at least 1 percent support in at least one of the four most recent national polls to qualify for the 7 p.m. debate.

The four polls used were conducted by: Fox News; Investor’s Business Daily/TIPP; Quinnipiac University; and The Wall Street Journal/NBC News.
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...-fox-business-networkwsj-debate/?intcmp=hpbt1

Didn't see that coming.
 
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Orbis Tabula

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About time they cut the main debate down a bit, although having such a small undercard debate still seems so weird to me. Like, why bother doing it if it's just four dudes?
 
Battersea Power Station

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My prediction: after the debate, Jeb will soar to first in the polls.

Jeb can fix it!

And literally, I mean that he can pay off the organizers and moderators to make him seem like the best candidate.
 
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Kusagari

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Dammit, we're getting no Graham at all now?

I need to hear him spin every question into war in the middle east!
 
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woolley

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Battersea Power Station said:
My prediction: after the debate, Jeb will soar to first in the polls.

Jeb can fix it!

And literally, I mean that he can pay off the organizers and moderators to make him seem like the best candidate.
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One debate isn't going to help him more than one or two percentage points, if he wants to see any gains he needs people to start dropping out.
 
Trojita

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OMG, to be able to hear an audio recording of Christie when they give him the bad news would be priceless.
 
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Gordon Shumway

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Huh. No Christie..thought he was on the come up from the way the media has been fellating him. The Georgia peach from South Carolina will be missed..
 
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Orbis Tabula

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ivysaur12 said:
I agree. Start whittling it down, or don't.
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There is one good reason to keep the undercard debate that way, though. Jeb Bush's utter devastation when he's sitting next to Bobby Jindal arguing about who deserves to sit at the big kids table will be deeply satisfying.
 
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christie's new green room

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EskimoJoe said:
There is one good reason to keep the undercard debate that way, though. Jeb Bush's utter devastation when he's sitting next to Bobby Jindal arguing about who deserves to sit at the big kids table will be deeply satisfying.
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Bush tears would be delicious
 
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HylianTom

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Bush is done. Now I'd like to see Rubio mortally wounded.

We either need one of the wacky unelectable outsiders to be the nominee, or for the allegedly viable establishment candidate to exit this process down a few pints of blood and struggling to limp into the general.
 
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So we're finally down to eight. Still too many in my opinion, but I hope this cuts into Ben Carson's nap time now that he'll be called on more often. As for the rest, Trump will continue to entertain, and Rubio will continue to impress establishment republicans while Bush tries to salvage what's left of his dignity.
 
Hexa

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I'm betting Fiorina and Kasich will be gone soon. End of December at the latest.
I think Bush is going to stick it out for the long haul to a point despite knowing he has little chance hoping for a miracle (which considering the field has a good chance of happening). Same with Cruz. And Rand won't quit till the end just like his father.
Carson is probably going to stay doing well, but I think when it comes down to it, he'll flop hard.
I'm guessing its going to be either Trump or Rubio and I'm betting on Trump.
 
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Team Alucard

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Androidsleeps said:
To be fair, he's the only one I can see as a serious candidate for the US presidency. The rest, in all fairness, are mere clowns..just like Sarah Palin and that anti-gay woman who's married to a closeted gay man.
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Rand Paul is arguably the craziest person on the entire side of the GOP.

Don't let reasonable views on drugs and foreign policy distract you from the fact that he is the worst on every other issue out there.
 
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chubigans said:
He was damn annoying in the last debate, glad he got the boot.
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N.Domixis said:
I would just drop out at this point if I were him, that's just too embarrassing.
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It's pretty crazy just a couple years ago Christie was considered a viable candidate in a GE. Now he's not even in the main primary debate.
Pop-O-Matic said:
More like a bellyflop huehuehuehue...
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LOl. Brutal.
Makai said:
If anything, Cruz is in an actual position to win it all.
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I'm not going to lie, I'm really impressed with his run. Ahead of Jeb? Solid all things considered.
 
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Androidsleeps said:
To be fair, he's the only one I can see as a serious candidate for the US presidency. The rest, in all fairness, are mere clowns..just like Sarah Palin and that anti-gay woman who's married to a closeted gay man.
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Libertarians are far out of the mainstream presidential politics.
 
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Androidsleeps said:
To be fair, he's the only one I can see as a serious candidate for the US presidency. The rest, in all fairness, are mere clowns..just like Sarah Palin and that anti-gay woman who's married to a closeted gay man.
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I believe you're referring to Michelle "Crazy-Eyes" Bachmann.
 
Hexa

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Slayven said:
So he saying Trump isn't really racist enough for the party?
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lol. That's what it sounds like he was implying but it just sounds so bizarre for him of all people to imply that I didn't comment on it.
Like, even if racists don't vote for Trump, they're most certainly not going to be voting for him. So why?
 
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Hexa said:
So Rubio accused Trump of not actually being against immigrants and actually secretly supporting the DREAM act and amnesty but just pretending to be against illegal immigrants to run for president.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi...on_immigration_just_to_run_for_president.html

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The idea that Trump is "pretending" to be racist just to run as a Republican is pretty funny. The fact that this idea is coming from another Republican candidate is hilarious.

Trump is going to destroy him over this. He has plenty to work with here.
 
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rjinaz

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No Fallout references yet? I'm disappointed.

But yeah I'll be far too busy playing Fallout 4 to watch this. Maybe I'll record it and then read the thread the next day for kicks.
 
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