kind of elective office. >> others republicans are trying to put an optimistic spin of being assigned on the second-tier debate. rick perry saying the following. i look forward to being on the fox news 5:00 p.m. debate what will be a serious exchange of ideas and positive solutions to get america back on track. carly fiorina put out this statement. a super pact backing bobby jindal posted an ad it plans to air in iowa during the main event. >> the debate is cleveland is all about a celebrity but one candidate is moving up where it counts in iowa. bobby jindal. >> lindsey graham took a light-hearted approach suggesting viewers pregame what he called the trump debacle by grabbing a cold one and watching the happy hour debate and hiding their cell phone numbers. from our donald trump, he is talking about the debate on thursday. giving a little preview of what he plans to highlight.