Thursday August 6th: 5 pm Undercard 9 pm Main Event
Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON D.C. The Fox News announcement means
all 16 declared Republican Candidates will qualify for the crucial primetime event in Cleveland on
Thursday August 6th - either the 5 p.m. Undercard or the 9 p.m. Main Event. The change allows candidates who were in danger of being disqualified from the vital first debate for
failing to register at least 1 in polling - Carly Fiorina George Pataki & Lindsey Graham.
The change allows Fox to include an opening 5 p.m. debate all the announced Republican candidates who fail to make the cut for removing a requirement that participants .
- The 9 pm debate will include the Top 10 Candidates with the highest National Polls Average as determined by Fox News
- The 5 pm forum will now include all the rest.
According to most analyses of the latest national polling the prime-time participants today would be:
- Donald Trump
Jeb Bush- Scott Walker
- Marco Rubio
- Ted Cruz
- Rand Paul
- Mike Huckabee
- Ben Carson
- Chris Christie and
- Rick Perry
The next three who would currently be relegated to 5 pm undercard event are:
- John Kasich
- Rick Santorum and
- Bobby Jindal
They are followed by:
- Carly Fiorina
- George Pataki and
- Lindsey Graham
