G.O.P. debate lineup is announced; Kasich and Christie get final spots

[DonViejo]

Source: New York Times

Gov. John Kasich of Ohio is in and former Gov. Rick Perry of Texas is out of Fox News’s Republican debate on Thursday night in Cleveland, officials with the network said Tuesday, resolving the mystery of which lower-polling candidates will make the cut for the first debate of the 2016 presidential contest.

The network announced the 10 candidates who will have a podium spot for the main forum, which is expected to draw wide national viewership and give an invaluable platform to the candidates involved.

The others included in the lineup are Donald J. Trump, former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida, Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, Ben Carson, former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas and Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/05/us/politics/election-2016-republican-debate.html?emc=edit_na_20150804&nlid=57435284&ref=cta&_r=0

[underpants]

1. No Rick Perry

Rand Paul is still there folks. He's the one you have to watch.

[Turbineguy]

24. Rick Perry was good lowbrow entertainment.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

39. His oops!?! made for must see TV!

[onehandle]

2. Trump! Trump! Trump! Trump! Trump! Trump! Trump!

Thursday is going to be the classiest.

[7962]

15. Its going to be HUGE. HUGE!

[StevieM]

3. Kasich and Christie are in, but no Rick Perry. They forgot the third. Oops. (eom)

[George II]

4. Bobby Jism didn't make it? Chris Matthews is going to be disappointed ("oh god").

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Perry is out? Too bad; he's comedy gold.

Oops...

[NCjack]

13. Trump gave Perry an IQ test, which he promptly failed. /nt

[hollysmom]

26. Did he forget his glasses?

[NCjack]

38. Yes, but the poor fool was holding them in his left hand and could not find them. /nt

[olddots]

6. what a love fest

Who else thought Bob Dobbs would walk away with this extravaganza ?

[Attorney in Texas]

7. We should start a dead pool on whether Perry, Santorum, Fiorina, Jindal, Graham, Pataki or Gilmore

drops out first.

[hollysmom]

27. I hear Santorum is having money problems.

[bluestateguy]

8. And for everybody else:

[tomm2thumbs]

19. hahahahahah

[cindyperry]

9. couldn't pay me to watch

this garbage

[Auggie]

10. I'm going to watch it. Should be hilarious.

[Feeling the Bern]

23. oh, it should be funny. and sad

[Ruby the Liberal]

11. I can't wait

Bring on the crazy.

[tclambert]

12. They've also announced the theme song for the debate:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

14. Heh, that or ...

[tclambert]

20. And the whole show is Donald Trump getting chased around the stage by the others Benny Hill style.

[wheniwasincongress]

17. my pick

[CTyankee]

21. I used to dance to this song in Jazzercise! I loved it! Crazy shit...but fun to do

jazzercise to....

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

18. How about

[tclambert]

22. That's definitely the Trump campaign theme song.

[wheniwasincongress]

16. Sad there is no Rick Perry.

He was thisclose last night to forgetting something. Quite a few times where he searching....for....his words.

[bucolic_frolic]

25. Huckabee, Cruz, Carson

Seriously? These are the 10 best they can come up with?

If it's possible, I think these 10 damage the GOP brand even more than
Mitt's 47% comment because it's just an Echo Chamber.

[asiliveandbreathe]

28. why would anyone wabt to watch this nonsense

except comedians...

[mindwalker_i]

29. They should have a podium with Rick Perry's glasses hovering above it

And another covered in Santorum.

[COLGATE4]

30. Do you have ANY idea

how hard it is to clean a podium covered in Santorum??????

[mindwalker_i]

31. I have no experience with that :D

[fbc]

32. They must have tortured those poll numbers to justify Christie's inclusion.

Or more likely, they just said "fuck it, he's in"

[Kablooie]

33. As predicted, Ailes simply chose who he wanted.

The GOP is allowing everyone else to control their party. The Billionaires and TV moguls run the party and make all Republican politicians bow down and lick their crusty toenails while saying that they love doing it.

There is no consideration of policy. No thinking at all. They have to either spout what their overlords want them to say or die.

All except Trump because he is his own billionaire and doesn't have to grovel at the feet of the others. That's probably why he is so popular. He's the only one who can speak his mind.

It's really sad and pitiful what the Republicans have let their party become.
And it will be terrifying when Someday one of these guys are voted into office. They won't be allowed to govern, just follow instructions that have nothing to do with making the country work for the people and everything to do with giving everything in the country over to a handful of arrogant, obscene pricks.

[Hugin]

37. +1 n/t

[davidpdx]

34. I was pulling for Rick Perry to get in

The debate would have been nuttier with him.

[billhicks76]

35. Christie And Trump

They are there to make Jeb the Chosen One appear moderate. The decision was made years ago to select Jeb and have Hillary as his backup so nothing deviates from Wall Streets plan.

[Hugin]

36. Ha! Proving that polling has nothing to do with this Ugly Pagent.

Your guess is as good as mine as to what the real criteria was other than the whim of Roger and $$$...

[Yavin4]

40. Reminds me of the NCAA tournament selection committee

Rick Santorum, Bobby Jindal, Carly Fiorina, Lindsey Graham, George Pataki, and Jim Gilmore are going to the NIT