Here’s Who Will Be On The Main Stage At CNN’s GOP Debate

Republican presidential candidates, from left, John Kasich, Mike Huckabee, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, Ted Cruz, Chris Christie, and Rand Paul take the stage during the CNBC Republ... Republican presidential candidates, from left, John Kasich, Mike Huckabee, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, Ted Cruz, Chris Christie, and Rand Paul take the stage during the CNBC Republican presidential debate at the University of Colorado, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) MORE LESS
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CNN announced Sunday who among the Republican presidential candidates would square off on the main debate stage scheduled for Tuesday.

Here are the candidates who are qualified to debate at the 8:30 p.m. ET slot:

Donald Trump, Dr. Ben Carson, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY).

Here are the candidates who are qualified to debate at the 6 p.m. ET slot:

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and former New York Gov. George Pataki.

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  1. Why did they allow Rand Paul when his support is at 3.7% and their threshold was 4%?

  2. Rand Paul made the cut? How, CNN? By your own criteria, Rand should be at the kiddy table.

  3. Avatar for 1gg 1gg says:

    Can’t wait to hear about the new videos that only Snarly seems to find and watch.

  4. This is due to conservative math: you round up or down based on what you want the result to be.

  5. The RNC is such a complete mess. They cannot even hold to their own freaking rules. Once again, they are changing them midstream to accommodate a candidate whining about sitting at the kiddie table…

    The only think I am completely sure about this election, is its Preibus’ last as RNC Chair.

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