Rand on the Debate Bubble for CNBC

[lakerssuck92]

Here's the current Real Clear Politics averages (which CNBC won't use, but gives an idea):

Trump 23.3
Carson 16.3
Fiorina 11.8
Rubio 9.5
Bush 9.0
Cruz 6.2 (all above this line are pretty much a lock)

Kasich 3.3
Huckabee 3.0
Christie 3.0
Paul 2.3 (these 4 are on the bubble)

Jindal 0.5
Santorum 0.5
Pataki 0.3
Graham 0.2
Gilmore -- not even tracked (these guys are hoping for a JV invite)

Looking at the numbers, it appears they are trying to exclude Paul and include Christie and Kasich, but they are rounding up so as not to exclude their favored candidates. Hopefully Paul can meet that low bar.

Now if I were a TV executive, I would just say it takes 5% to be in the A-team debate and 2% to be in the B-team debate, and let the no-hopers buy ads. That would split the field 6-4 right now and make the both debates more appealing to viewers than they will be if 10 guys are in the primetime contest and 3 or 4 in the undercard.

Honestly they need to kick Jindal, Santorum, Pataki and Graham for good. If they are all less than 1% why are they even getting in any debates?

 

[Chieppa1]

I hope that if Senator Paul gets in this debate, he uses the word "neo-con" more often. He needs to speak some truth. His "Guliani" moment needs to come soon or it will be too late.

Problem is reason Ron had a "moment" was because the media was not ready for such a response. Now they have the defenses up.

 

[SilentBull]

call me crazy but I think cnbc actually wants paul on that stage. he talks about economic subjects in a different way from the rest of them. cnbc invites people like peter schiff on for a reason. they want the "bearish" perspective because it drives a portion of their ratings.

i think cnbc is trying to eliminate as many as possible without eliminating rand, my hunch.

That's kinda what I said earlier. It does look like they made the rules so that he would qualify. Unless they just weren't as confident in the upcoming polls for Christie, Kasich and Huckabee and they wanted to make sure they made it.

 

[twomp]

Problem is reason Ron had a "moment" was because the media was not ready for such a response. Now they have the defenses up.

In the first debate, he was asked if he thought the GOP was responsible for the rise of ISIS. He could have have just said, not the GOP but the neo-cons were but he chickened out. Of course, most of the people here support that whole "play along to get along" philosophy but look how it turned out now. You know if they gave that question to Ron Paul, he would have lit them up and these forums would have gone bonkers.

Rand Paul's strategy in courting the GOP "moderates" is failing badly.

 

[CPUd]

In the first debate, he was asked if he thought the GOP was responsible for the rise of ISIS. He could have have just said, not the GOP but the neo-cons were but he chickened out. Of course, most of the people here support that whole "play along to get along" philosophy but look how it turned out now. You know if they gave that question to Ron Paul, he would have lit them up and these forums would have gone bonkers.

Rand Paul's strategy in courting the GOP "moderates" is failing badly.

This forum does light up when Rand speaks in the debates. The Rand forum, whose purpose is to support Rand and his campaign for POTUS.

 

[eleganz]

In the first debate, he was asked if he thought the GOP was responsible for the rise of ISIS. He could have have just said, not the GOP but the neo-cons were but he chickened out. Of course, most of the people here support that whole "play along to get along" philosophy but look how it turned out now. You know if they gave that question to Ron Paul, he would have lit them up and these forums would have gone bonkers.

Rand Paul's strategy in courting the GOP "moderates" is failing badly.

Don't be silly, you don't remember when Rand tried to tell them like it was and was repeatedly scolded by the media and the party for "blaming Republicans for terrorism".

That was actually one of the things that started to bring him down a notch.