carly fiorina all very comfortably on the main stage even though their national numbers stink. now we get to the part that s really weird. now we get to the part that i sort of can t believe isn t a big national news story. because these are the polling numbers for a candidate named senator rand paul. nationwide. again, he would need to hit a polling average of 3 1/2% in order to make the main stage. he does not get it. he s at 2.73%. unlike those other candidates i just mentioned, rand paul also has bad numbers in new hampshire. he would need 4% in new hampshire to qualify for the main stage. he s not at 4% in new hampshire. he s at 3%. how about iowa? again, he needs just 4% at his polling average in iowa in order to make the main stage. rand paul does not make a 4% polling average in iowa. he s at 3.67%. and you might say that rounds up to 4%. but explicitly, cnn says they are not rounding. poll numbers what s the phrase? will not be rounded up or down to the closest whole number.