CNN is amending the rules for its September 16
Republican debate amid outcry that its criteria for participation would
unfairly exclude Carly Fiorina despite her recent boost in national
polls.
Previously, CNN planned to average national
polls dating from mid-July all the way until a cutoff date on September
10. The top 10 candidates, according to that average, would participate
in the network's primetime debate, while the remainder of the GOP field
would be relegated to a secondary forum earlier the same day.
But that criteria looked likely to exclude
Fiorina, who registered very low numbers in the nine national polls
taken before the August 6 FOX debate, where her performance earned her a
polling bump.
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Source: NBC News
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