conservative cable network great latitude in determining the participants? after all, there are differences among the pollsters. and some of the candidates make for better tv than others. now, of course cnn will host the second debate and my same critique might apply here. the point is a widowing role historically played by early voting states has arguably been left to television much like ales predicted. joining me is the chief communications specialist for the republican national committee, shawn, as things stand now, it would appear that donald trump is dead center on that stage next thursday flanked by jeb bush and scott walker with the outer flanks yet to be determined. is that a fair way to sum it up? >> yes, that seems to be the case but we still have a little ways to go. >> so tuesday at 5:00 p.m. is the cutoff for the polls that will be used to determine who the participants will be? >> that's right. that's what fox has announced the cutoff will be yes.