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"The party would like to avoid giving fringe candidates an extended platform as it did four years ago. Candidates such as Herman Cain and Ron Paul got a lot of mileage out of the debates,” Burden added. “With even more candidates running this time around, there is potential for someone like Ted Cruz or Ben Carson to steal the show and distract the party from its goal of winning the White House."

While I don't think the GOP-e wants Ted Cruz, that final quote in the article is from a UW-Madison Prof.

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pretty much agreed till the last paragraph. Cruz isnt a fringe candidate by any means. Carson, Huckster, Paul Christie Graham sure are.