stage. but it has nothing to do with his own polling performance. his polling performance by cnn's own rules means he shouldn't be there. he literally did not make the cut. cnn nevertheless is pretending on air that he did make the cut. and they're breaking their own rules apparently in order to let him into this debate. and it turns out they will admit that if you press them on the matter no matter what their anchors are saying on the air. cnn's full statement explaining why they are letting rand paul break their rules and be in the debate that he has not qualified for is this. "in the light of new polling released this morning and in the spirit of being as inclusive as possible, cnn has decided to include senator rand paul in the prime time debate." again, the new polling released yesterday morning does not qualify rand paul for the debate. but cnn has decided to let him in because, eh, they felt a spirit of inclusiveness. the spirit of inclusiveness apparently did not extend its fairy wand over george pataki or