Fox News releases criteria for next debate

[Paulite]

Its the same as the fox business that just passed

Fox News tonight released its criteria for next week’s big Republican debate, and the number of candidates on the main stage could potentially be shrinking.

Any candidate who wants to be on the big primetime debate stage needs to be in the top six spots nationally in an average of the five most recent polls or, at the very least, be in the top five in Iowa in New Hampshire in an average of state polls.

Fox will be looking at polls up until those released on next Tuesday, two days before the big debate.

And yes, before you ask, yes, there will be an earlier undercard debate, and in order to qualify for it candidates need to hit at least one percent in one Fox’s five most recent national polls.

The primetime debate will be moderated by Megyn Kelly, Bret Baier, and Chris Wallace; the earlier debate will be moderated by Bill Hemmer and Martha MacCallum.


http://www.mediaite.com/online/fox-news-releases-criteria-for-next-weeks-gop-debate/

 

[SilentBull]

When's the cutoff?

 

[Zippyjuan]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...news-debate-criteria-iowa-undercard/79136650/

The last Republican debate before the opening Iowa caucuses will again feature a prime-time debate for the leading candidates and an undercard forum for the long-shots.

In criteria announced by Fox News Channel on Thursday, the Republican debate in Des Moines on Jan. 28 will also use national, Iowa and New Hampshire polls to determine which candidates are invited to participate.

According to Fox News, GOP candidates who poll in either the top six nationally or the top five in Iowa or New Hampshire will be eligible for the prime-time debate, scheduled for 9 p.m. ET. The network will look at an average of the five most recent national, Iowa and New Hampshire polls when making its determination.

Fox will also hold an earlier debate for lower-polling candidates at 7 p.m. ET, as previous debate hosts have done. At the last GOP debate in South Carolina on Jan. 14, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul refused to participate in the undercard, telling The Washington Post he was "not willing to accept a designation as a minor campaign."

Given Iowa's traditional role in winnowing the presidential field, the Jan. 28 debate would figure to be the final one with the forum that's been dubbed the "happy hour" debate.

Besides the high stakes involved being held in Iowa just four days before the caucuses, the Fox News debate will also be notable because it will feature the rematch of Donald Trump and Megyn Kelly, who will be moderating the prime-time event along with Bret Baier and Chris Wallace.

Trump and Kelly had a memorable dust-up during and after the Aug. 6 Fox News debate in Cleveland. Kelly asked Trump about his treatment of women, which led Trump after the debate to go on the attack about what he deemed unfair questioning — culminating in his controversial remark that Kelly had "blood coming out of her wherever" during the debate.

Latest poll average at Real Clear Politics has Rand sixth currently in both Iowa and New Hampshire and ninth nationally (slipping behind Fiorina). http://www.realclearpolitics.com/ep..._republican_presidential_nomination-3823.html But that includes polls Fox has not used in the past along with others they have.

 

[derek4ever]

Um, shouldn't they only include post-debate polls??

 

[Zippyjuan]

Um, shouldn't they only include post-debate polls??

The network will look at an average of the five most recent

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[derek4ever]

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They claimed that the last time and look how that turned out!!

 

[SilentBull]

I expect them to stop releasing polls right about now. Tuesday is the cutoff. Their plan is to keep him out again. It's too risky to have the voters listen to him when they're paying attention the most.

 

[TheNewYorker]

Based on current last 5 polls, is Rand in?

 

[SilentBull]

Based on current last 5 polls, is Rand in?

I don't think so. Although the last NH one is promising. I don't see them releasing any more of those though. Not if he's doing well.

 

[CPUd]

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/422tnb/i_am_senator_doctor_and_presidential_candidate/

 

[kbs021]

The next debate has the same criteria as last time. Top 6 nationally or top 5 IA, NH

http://www.mediaite.com/online/fox-news-releases-criteria-for-next-weeks-gop-debate/

 

[mit26chell]

So we should be in, but I hope Rand tells them to fuck off

 

[kbs021]

Right now, we are NOT in. Not sure how this will turn out... We have until tuesday.

 

[CPUd]

There will be 2 podiums for Kasich.

 

[opinionatedfool]

They waited to see how the polls looked before announcing. Scum bags

 

[01000110]

These bogus criteria by the bogus new media is really getting on my fucking nerves.

 

[mit26chell]

There will be 2 podiums for Kasich.

Lollllllll. I honestly don't even care at this point. Rand will come up with something better. Fuck the media.

 

[Peace&Freedom]

Rand should prepare to have a counter program scheduled against the main debate in case he is excluded again. It should be on TV this time, or else available on wider media (say live streaming on Youtube), with him and Ron live commenting on the debate, and taking questions from the net. Since Infowars is already live commenting the debate on YouTube, Rand and Ron could simply join them for the commentary.

 

[TomtheTinker]

Ridiculous

 

[kbs021]

Well... Either we make it, or boycott again. Simple as that.. They can't keep us from Iowa.. They are obviously 100 percent against us. We have to keep fighting.