Mac1958
Diamond Member
Whoa, I've been wondering about this. Imagine the drama of who gets in and who doesn't:
GOP candidates could be bumped from primary debates - Eli Stokols and Dylan Byers - POLITICO
“Our goal is to accommodate as many candidates as possible at the beginning,” said Steve Duprey, the New Hampshire committeeman who chairs the RNC’s 2016 debate committee. “I think there’s consensus to cap it between nine and 12. And we may not need more than that, depending on how the contest goes. Each of the media partners may have different criteria and they’re going to evolve.”
And here, Charlie Cook reports that at least 7 of the candidates can be considered to have a very plausible chance of winning the nomination:
The 2016 Republican Primary Will Be Impossible to Predict - NationalJournal.com
Tightening the focus a little more, a March Pew Research survey of Republican voters and GOP-leaning independents asked respondents whether there was a "good chance," "some chance," or "no chance" that they would vote for 10 different candidates. An astonishing seven different candidates had between 21 and 23 percent of respondents saying "good chance": Bush, Rubio, and Walker tied for first place with 23 percent, Huckabee and Cruz were next with 22 percent, and Paul and Carson followed at 21 percent. That's a very tight pack.
GOP candidates could be bumped from primary debates - Eli Stokols and Dylan Byers - POLITICO
“Our goal is to accommodate as many candidates as possible at the beginning,” said Steve Duprey, the New Hampshire committeeman who chairs the RNC’s 2016 debate committee. “I think there’s consensus to cap it between nine and 12. And we may not need more than that, depending on how the contest goes. Each of the media partners may have different criteria and they’re going to evolve.”
And here, Charlie Cook reports that at least 7 of the candidates can be considered to have a very plausible chance of winning the nomination:
The 2016 Republican Primary Will Be Impossible to Predict - NationalJournal.com
Tightening the focus a little more, a March Pew Research survey of Republican voters and GOP-leaning independents asked respondents whether there was a "good chance," "some chance," or "no chance" that they would vote for 10 different candidates. An astonishing seven different candidates had between 21 and 23 percent of respondents saying "good chance": Bush, Rubio, and Walker tied for first place with 23 percent, Huckabee and Cruz were next with 22 percent, and Paul and Carson followed at 21 percent. That's a very tight pack.
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