They’re potential victims of poor showings in national polling and the way those surveys are being used.
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Christie, for his part, has qualified for the main event in all three of the Republican debates that have already occurred – and delivered what many have suggested was a strong performance at the last event – so a relegation to the earlier debate would be a step backward for his already struggling campaign.
Chris Christie (R) may not be on the main stage at the fourth Republican presidential debate next week.
Christie scored 2 percent in a Fox News poll released Wednesday night, but debate sponsor Fox Business Network won’t release which polls it will use as its selection criteria until 7 pm tonight.
Christie also appears to have struck a nerve with a video on the pain of drug addiction that has been viewed more than 5 million times. If you’ll put one in the middle of the square in Manchester, I’ll do it there, ” Christie said.
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“Listen, the bottom line is that you need to be on a stage and debating. People need to hear our voice and our ideas”. But (as Mulshine also points out) if another poll comes out before next Wednesday that has him at 1 percent, he could be debating in the afternoon. He’s gaining in New Hampshire. “This is all new territory”, Duprey said. Rick Santorum (R-Pennsylvania), and former New York Gov. George Pataki (R) in the past. While networks have the flexibility to change their formats, such a scenario remains unlikely.
