“2) Place among the top six candidates in an average of New Hampshire Republican presidential polls recognized by ABC News”. The network determined that in order to merit a lectern on stage, candidates had to either place in the top six in an average of New Hampshire primary polls selected by ABC News; place in the top six in an average of national polls chosen by the network; or place in the top three in the Iowa caucuses.
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Yesterday New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and former GOP Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney publicly advocated on Fiorina’s behalf.
The network’s decision didn’t play well with the Fiorina campaign, which argued that two candidates whose poll numbers got them into the debate placed beneath the 61-year-old businesswoman in Iowa.
The three governors – Ohio’s John Kasich, New Jersey’s Chris Christie and former Florida governor Jeb Bush – have been attacking Rubio.
Although she’s running near the bottom of the pack, Fiorina has built up good will in New Hampshire by spending roughly 50 days campaigning here. “There is room for eight candidates on the stage”, said Fiorina.
Carly Fiorina is now set to be left out of Saturday’s debate in Manchester, New Hampshire.
“I really think she would make it a more positive debate, to be honest”, she said.
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The top two candidates nationally have little to gain in New Hampshire by attacking one another. “Whatever chance she might have had is negated by not allowing her on stage”. That led journalists and other interested parties on Twitter to speculate whether the delay meant good things for Fiorina, who wasn’t polling as high as she needed to make the grade. I think Fiorina has been a positive presence in the race and it is a mystery to me why she has not done better. Expect issues like gender inequality, homosexuality, Muslim persecution, and pay disparities to make up a much bigger portion of the debate than they have in previous debates.
While Iowa shook Trump’s grip on the Republican field, he has led New Hampshire preference polls for months and the state is still seen as his to lose in Tuesday’s voting. Rand Paul, R-Ky.; former Sen. “Her hard work alone earns it”, he said in tweets that have since been deleted.
When a voter in Concord asked Bush last night about Fiorina not being on the debate stage, he played it right down the middle. The competition is beginning to heat up amongst the GOP and this is the Next GOP Debate Schedule for ABC, Start Time, Live Stream or How to Watch Online; What to Expect from the Republican Candidates.
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“It’s interesting. I said that Ted Cruz stepped to the plate and Ben Carson stepped to the plate”, Fiorina said on Boston Herald Radio’s Morning Meeting.
