Republican presidential candidates Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina were booted from the main stage and only qualified for Fox Business Network’s undercard debate, the network announced Monday.
Fox Business’ debate is scheduled to take place Thursday from North Charleston, South Carolina.
Here’s who made the main stage:
The undercard debate will feature Paul, Fiorina, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.
The network had said candidates (who placed in polls it recognized) within the top six nationally or in the top five in Iowa and New Hampshire would qualify to debate during prime-time.
Fox Business used the following polls in its analysis for the national average: Investor’s Business Daily/TIPP, FOX News, CNN/ORC, Quinnipiac University, ABC News/Washington Post, and Monmouth University, according to the network’s memo.
Fox hosts Trish Regan and Sandra Smith are scheduled to host the undercard debate slated to start at 6 p.m. ET. Fox hosts Neil Cavuto and Maria Bartiromo are expected to host the primetime debate scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. ET.
This post has been updated.
But in the weeks to come Fiorina will be insisting that she WAS in the main debate and that there was video of it…
Fortunately “Faux Biz” is taking the burden of decision making from the rounded and slouching shoulders of the rethug electorate… a model for DWS
Why am I reminded of You Oughta Know by Alanis Morissette when I think of Carly’s reaction to this?
I’m not a fan of Paul’s domestic policies – but I still appreciate this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy_zguz7c0QLet the tantrums begin.