At least he’s in the top 10 that do the actual debate tomorrow night..
regardless of how good any of the “kiddie’s table” group are the fact they are not in that first debate will go against them...
what happens then ???
will the 2nd debate be the 10 who got the most points from either group ???
or will it be the top polling candidates again ???
the kiddie table ones will have strikes against them..
then again Jebbie, Kasich and Walker might be so bad they get washed out for the 2nd debate...leaving room for at least Jindal..
CNN debate
The first 10 candidates – ranked from highest to lowest in polling order from an average
of all qualifying polls released between July 16 and September 10 who satisfy the criteria requirements outlined in this document will be invited
to participate in “Segment B” of the September 16, 2015 Republican Presidential Primary
Debate. In the event of a tie for 10th place, the tiebreaker will be an average of all
qualifying polls released between August 26 and September 10. The second tiebreaker will be
an average of all qualifying polling conducted in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and
Nevada released between July 16 and September 10.
Candidates who satisfy the criteria and achieve an average of at least one percent in three
national polls, but are not ranked in the top 10 of polling order will be invited to participate
in “Segment A” of the September 16, 2015 Republican Presidential Primary Debate.
CNN also notes that if the number of candidates who qualify overall for the debate are 14 or
less, they will limit Segment B to only eight candidates and the rest will spill over to
the second tier Segment A.