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12-23-2015, 09:14 AM
Fox Business Network Won't Put The Undercard Debate Out Of Its Misery
For as long as there's been a 17-person field for the GOP nomination, mankind has longed to winnow that field -- first to a number that could plausibly fit on a stage, and now, to a number that could plausibly fit in a van.
Well, there's some good news on that front. Fox Business Network has announced that its next debate, scheduled to take place in Charleston, South Carolina, on Jan. 14, will be governed by exacting new criteria that may limit the number of onstage candidates to as few as six (http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/debate-criteria-217082).
As you might expect, there is bad news as well: Rather than winnow the field, Fox Business will hand everyone who loses out on the main stage the opportunity to appear on another one of those undercard debates.
So there you have it: Fox Business is pro-bailout.
And it's a pity, because by the looks of things, this upcoming debate might have boldly limited itself to candidates who could actually win the presidential nomination. Per Politico's Hadas Gold (http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/debate-criteria-217082):
According to debate criteria that will be announced Tuesday, host Fox Business Network will consider both early-state and national poll results in deciding which candidates make the primetime forum. That main debate will feature candidates who place in the top six nationally, based on an average of the five most recent national polls recognized by Fox News, or place within the top five based on an average of the five most recent Iowa or New Hampshire state polls recognized by the network.
By Gold's calculations, this is good news for Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, :lol Chris Christie :lol, and -- somehow, some way -- :lol Jeb Bush. :lol
That means the end of the road for Carly Fiorina, John Kasich, and Rand Paul, none of whom figure prominently in HuffPost Pollster's national primary poll average (http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/2016-national-gop-primary), and -- with the exception of Kasich's showing in New Hampshire (http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/2016-new-hampshire-presidential-republican-caucus) -- none of whom show any evidence of doing well in an early primary state.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fox-business-undercard-debate_5679da09e4b0b958f65898b7?knunb3xr&ncid=newsltushpmg00000003
For as long as there's been a 17-person field for the GOP nomination, mankind has longed to winnow that field -- first to a number that could plausibly fit on a stage, and now, to a number that could plausibly fit in a van.
Well, there's some good news on that front. Fox Business Network has announced that its next debate, scheduled to take place in Charleston, South Carolina, on Jan. 14, will be governed by exacting new criteria that may limit the number of onstage candidates to as few as six (http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/debate-criteria-217082).
As you might expect, there is bad news as well: Rather than winnow the field, Fox Business will hand everyone who loses out on the main stage the opportunity to appear on another one of those undercard debates.
So there you have it: Fox Business is pro-bailout.
And it's a pity, because by the looks of things, this upcoming debate might have boldly limited itself to candidates who could actually win the presidential nomination. Per Politico's Hadas Gold (http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/debate-criteria-217082):
According to debate criteria that will be announced Tuesday, host Fox Business Network will consider both early-state and national poll results in deciding which candidates make the primetime forum. That main debate will feature candidates who place in the top six nationally, based on an average of the five most recent national polls recognized by Fox News, or place within the top five based on an average of the five most recent Iowa or New Hampshire state polls recognized by the network.
By Gold's calculations, this is good news for Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, :lol Chris Christie :lol, and -- somehow, some way -- :lol Jeb Bush. :lol
That means the end of the road for Carly Fiorina, John Kasich, and Rand Paul, none of whom figure prominently in HuffPost Pollster's national primary poll average (http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/2016-national-gop-primary), and -- with the exception of Kasich's showing in New Hampshire (http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/2016-new-hampshire-presidential-republican-caucus) -- none of whom show any evidence of doing well in an early primary state.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fox-business-undercard-debate_5679da09e4b0b958f65898b7?knunb3xr&ncid=newsltushpmg00000003