Candidates who average below that will be invited to the 6pm debate.
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After speculation the network might axe the “undercard”, lower-tier debate, CNBC announced the network would indeed host two debates.
Todd has a lead role in establishing debate rules for CNBC, an NBC affiliate.
Republican presidential candidates from left, Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Scott Walker, Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and John Kasich take the stage for the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena, Thursday, August 6, in Cleveland.
Paul is the only candidate averaging between 1 and 2.5 per cent in the six national polls released since September 17, according to a running total maintained by Real Clear Politics.
“We focus on money – from financial markets and economies around the world to the most fundamental pcoketbook issues involving savings and retirement”, said Mark Hoffman, CNBC chairman, in a statement.
“If you round their national average to the nearest number, they’re all at 3 percent”.
Each time there’s a Republican debate, the GOP field is one person smaller, making us optimistic that the party will settle on its nominee in only 14 more debates. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) would not qualify, as he has not scored 1 percent in any of the four initial polls. However, debate moderator Chuck Todd, who is reportedly involved in determining the debate’s criteria, made some comments on ESPN radio last week that seem to imply that CNBC is designing its criteria to include fewer candidates than were featured in the previous debates on CNN and Fox News.
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The Republican National Committee held a 3 p.m. phone call this afternoon with the presidential campaigns and discussed the guidelines for the upcoming debate. A day later, RNC chief strategist Sean Spicer said, “I doubt that there will be an undercard” on October. 28. Rick Santorum (Pa.), Gov. Bobby Jindal (La.), and former Gov. George Pataki (N.Y.) have already qualified. Sen. Other network personalities will be on hand to question candidates during the debate, which is primarily focused on the economy. Kondik said. “It would clearly be bad for any of these candidates to miss the next debate”.
