I know the FR Caucus is barely being mentioned on the FR Caucus Open Discussion Thread, but . . .
Pataki, Graham, Huckabee, Paul, and Santorum have dropped out of the race, and the tables, polls, charts, and graphs would be easier to read with those five names removed. Should DoughtyOne drop Pataki, Graham, Huckabee, Paul, and Santorum from the list?
And then there were nine: Bush, Carson, Christie, Cruz, Fiorina, Gilmore, Kasich, Rubio, and Trump (TEN if you count, the ever-popular “Vote No”).
More generally, Fiorina is saying that she should be on the main stage. Any thoughts on that? Should it be all nine, now that they fit, or where should the line be drawn? I’d like to see them split with the top five on the main stage, which leaves Carly out, and the other four getting a separate debate. I’d also like to see them all get fair questions (rather than tailored and targeted questions based on the equivalent of opposition research), with opportunities to respond to each other whether or not their names are mentioned, and equal time enforced by cutting off their microphones.
I will be making adjustments to some of the charts today.
It probably won’t meet your full approval, because I want the format to remain the same so folks can easily move through the charts without having to figure out the changed for mat.