GOP Debates this Sat. & Sun.

[jaxx]

2012 Primary Debate Schedule

Here is the most up-to-date and complete schedule we have for the 2011 / 2012 Republican Primary debates. These debates are between all the Republican candidates. For the schedule of debates between the Republican nominee and President Barack Obama, see the 2012 Presidential Debate schedule page. Upcoming debates are listed at the top. Scroll down for past debates including the full video of each debate.

Upcoming Debates: (scroll down for past debates)

January 7, 2012 9pm ET on ABC (Saturday night)
Location: Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire
Sponsor: ABC News and WMUR
Participants: TBD

January 8, 2012 9am ET on NBC (Yes, 9am) (Sunday morning)
Location: Chubb Theatre at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord, NH
Sponsor: NBC News, Facebook and the Union Leader
Participants: TBD

http://www.2012presidentialelectionnews....her=mobile

Back to back debates. Will they all be there? Any dropouts after Iowa?
Can Rick Perry remember his name with only a 10 hour turnaround?

[SeattleGirl]

(01-03-2012 06:56 PM)jaxx Wrote:  Can Rick Perry remember his name with only a 10 hour turnaround?

[azmouse]

(01-03-2012 07:08 PM)SeattleGirl Wrote:  

(01-03-2012 06:56 PM)jaxx Wrote:  Can Rick Perry remember his name with only a 10 hour turnaround?

I'll second that laugh and throw in another.

[jaxx]

Now looks like it will be down to 5 for those debates with Perry and Bachmann quitting. OMG that means Newt will have more time to fuck up the world.

[jaxx]

NBC NEWS/FACEBOOK GOP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DEBATE —JAN. 8, 2012

ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS:

The purpose of these eligibility standards is to give Americans watching the NBC News/Facebook debate on “Meet the Press” an opportunity to hear all Republicans who have a reasonable prospect of becoming the GOP nominee and who have demonstrated that they are in a credible position to be a principal competitor in the nominating contest.


1. A candidate must be on the ballot in the New Hampshire Republican primary.

AND

2. A candidate must demonstrate that he/she has registered at least five percent (5%) support as the preferred nominee among Republicans in a methodologically sound and recognized national or New Hampshire poll conducted by one of the following survey organizations after Dec. 1, 2011: (National) Gallup, CBS/NYT, ABC/Washington Post, NBC/WSJ, Bloomberg/Seltzer, AP/GFK, CNN/Opinion Research, Fox; (NH) NBC/Marist, CNN/Time, Univ. of NH/WMUR A candidate must have finished fourth or better in the Iowa cacucuses a candidate must have received 10 per cent or more of the vote in the Iowa caucuses.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20114724/

This is how they finished in Iowa:

Mitt Romney
25% 30,015
Rick Santorum 25% 30,007
Ron Paul 21% 26,219
Newt Gingrich 13% 16,251
Rick Perry 10% 12,604
Michele Bachmann 5% 6,073
Jon Huntsman 1% 745

So the question is......will MSNBC let Huntsman and Perry be in on the debate Sunday morning ? That's what it looks like to me, even though Huntsman is doing ok in NH.

This is the current NH polls:

Friday, January 06
Race/Topic (Click to Sort) Poll Results Spread
New Hampshire Republican Presidential Primary Suffolk/7News Tracking Romney 40, Paul 17, Santorum 11, Huntsman 8, Gingrich 9, Perry 1 Romney +23

New Hampshire Republican Presidential Primary Rasmussen Reports Romney 42, Paul 18, Santorum 13, Huntsman 12, Gingrich 8, Perry 1 Romney +24

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January 7, 2012 9pm ET / 6pm PT on ABC
Location: Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire
Sponsor: ABC News and WMUR
Participants: Santorum, Romney, Paul, Perry, Gingrich, Huntsman

January 8, 2012 9am ET on NBC (Yes, 9am)
Location: Chubb Theatre at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord, NH
Sponsor: NBC News, Facebook and the Union Leader
Participants: Santorum, Romney, Paul, Perry, Gingrich, Huntsman

They're all shown as participants.....so maybe they will be.