This time, Rand Paul doesn’t have to whine like a little baby because he qualified for the Fox News GOP debate on January 28th. There will be the usual eight in the GOP debate. Trump, Cruz, Rubio, Carson, Bush, Christie, Kasich and Rand Paul The kid’s table debate will feature Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum and someone named Jim Gilmore.
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The participants qualifying for the prime-time, 9 p.m. ET debate are:
Billionaire businessman Trump; Texas Sen. Ted Cruz; Florida Sen. Marco Rubio; retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson; former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush; New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie; Ohio Gov. John Kasich; and Kentucky Sen. Paul.
The participants qualifying for the earlier, 7 p.m. ET debate are:
Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina; former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee; former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum; and former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore.
The lineup reflects a polling boost for Paul, who did not qualify for the most recent Fox Business Network prime-time debate earlier this month, and declined to participate in the evening event.
The Fox News/Google debate in Des Moines this Thursday will be the candidates’ last before next week’s Iowa caucuses – which kicks off the Republican presidential nominating process.
In the run-up, the candidates are significantly ramping up their ad spending and shoe-leather campaigning, while going after each other in the process.
This is the last GOP debate before Iowa. It is also the first debate with Megyn Kelly moderating since August. We all remember what happened back in August between Kelly and Trump. Should be interesting.
Frankly, I’m tired of seeing the retreads like Bush, Christie and Kasich in the debate. It should be Trump, Cruz, Rubio and maybe Ben Carson, then cut the fat.