[ConservativeMind]

I believe all the candidates agreed to the use of all legitimate (not online) polls as the means to determine ranking. Carly was just that low leading into the first debate and there has not been enough new polls with a high enough percentage in her favor to make up for it.

It's not CNN who made up these rules and CNN can't change this approach, save for having more candidates packed into the “big players” stage.

[wolfman23601]

The debate is 3 weeks away. There will be enough polls between now and then to put iCarly in the debate. She’ll replace Rand Paul or Krispy Creme.