Debate host Fox News says it will take the ten highest polling candidates, as judged by national polls.
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In a letter to McQuaid after Trump’s staff said he was skipping the forum, Trump said he had a number of reasons, including the feeling that “it is unlikely I will be getting the endorsement from you and the Union Leader”.
“I’m not a debater”, Trump told CBS’ Face The Nation on Sunday.
He has also seemed to be tamping down expectations, arguing that he is not a professional debater like some of the incumbent Republican politicians challenging him.
Mark Everson filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission Monday regarding the “unfair and unlawful process that Fox News used when selecting candidates for inclusion in the first GOP debate”. His biggest lead is among Tea Party supporters, leading Walker, who’s in 2nd place, by a 35-15 percentage point margin.
During a campaign event Monday in New Hampshire, one guy asked Walker to pose for a photo with him while holding a sign.
Trump’s surge in the polls has been met with barely concealed delight by Jeb Bush and his supporters.
Monday’s mostly party-line vote in the Senate was 53-46, seven short of the 60 votes the Republicans needed to halt Democratic delays aimed at derailing the bill.
Four year ago Texas governor Rick Perry looked like a real contender for the 2012 Republican nomination, finishing second in the 2011 straw polls in California, Florida and Michigan. Now left out, according to the latest poll averages calculated by NBC News, are Rick Perry, Bobby Jindal, Rick Santorum, Carly Fiorina, Lindsey Graham, George Pataki, and Jim Gilmore.
But he will be front and center in the debate Thursday night, which is why this week may be remembered for having an impact on the presidential race, even if tonight’s forum has none. Ted Cruz, and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee.
Robinson doubts anyone will go after Trump directly because “if you mention him by name he will strike back with a vengeance”. But more than 70% indicated they preferred that states, not the federal government, carry out the plans.
Donald Trump is, of course, the GOP frontrunner. Another 29 percent say it would be better to put all the declared candidates together on one stage.
He criticized the Republican National Committee for agreeing to the terms of the debate.
Facing their first face-to-face debate on Thursday in Cleveland, the candidates got in some warm-up action at the Voters First Forum.
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All stressed the need for ensuring the U.S. border is secure before taking other steps to deal with the issue, which most agreed should lead to a legal guest-worker program. He said it’s a good opportunity to speak with voters in an early voting stage.
