fiorina, 4% is actually spectacular news for chris christie. i mean, not only is that a really high number for him, but he really needs it right now. there s only one more day for any more qualifying polls to come out to determine which candidates are going to make it on to the stage for the next republican debate. and as i say, that 4 prgs is terrible for carly fiorina. it s terrible in absolute terms as a polling value, but for somebody doing as terribly as chris christie has been doing in his run for the presidency, that 4% is golden. that 4% might be enough to guarantee that he makes it on to the main stage in next week s debate. and the same joy applies to our old friend rand paul who in this same cnn poll pulls in a whopping 5%, which ties rand paul with mick huckabee, and hopefully for senator rand paul, it pads his polling average enough so he, too, will make it into the republican presidential debate main stage next week. also good news in this new poll
one candidate and to his one campaign. and here is that spectacular news. for that republican debate next week, we ve been focused on the 2.5% polling average cutoff that candidates need to meet in order to make it on to the main debate stage. that 2.5% threshold is the threshold that candidates like rand paul and chris christie, even mike huckabee, they ve been flirting with in terms of whether or not they were going to make the main debate stage. it now looks like all of those three candidates are going to clear 2.5%. they are going to make the main stage. that s been an interesting drama to watch. but there s another qualifier. there s been one other qualify ing threshold for next week s debate that has not gotten as much attention. that helps lindsey graham.
news here, which is that even though 4% is terrible for carly fiorina, 4% is actually spectacular news for chris christie. i mean, not only is that a really high number for him, but he really needs it right now. there s only one more day for any more qualifying polls to come out to determine which candidates are going to make it on to the stage for the next republican debate. and as i say, that 4 prgs is terrible for carly fiorina. it s terrible in absolute terms as a polling value, but for somebody doing as terribly as chris christie has been doing in his run for the presidency, that 4% is golden. that 4% might be enough to guarantee that he makes it on to the main stage in next week s debate. and the same joy applies to our old friend rand paul who in this same cnn poll pulls in a whopping 5%, which ties rand paul with mick huckabee, and hopefully for senator rand paul, it pads his polling average enough so he, too, will make it into the republican presidential debate main stage next
though. i said earlier there was one presidential candidate who got an absolute triumph of today, an existential triumph of in today s news. it s almost impossible to overstate in importance to this one candidate and to his one campaign. and here is that spectacular news. for that republican debate next week, we ve been focused on the 2.5% polling average cutoff that candidates need to meet in order to make it on to the main debate stage. that 2.5% threshold is the threshold that candidates like rand paul and chris christie, even mike huckabee, they ve been flirting with in terms of whether or not they were going to make the main debate stage. it now looks like all of those three candidates are going to clear 2.5%. they are going to make the main stage. that s been an interesting drama to watch. but there s another qualifier. there s been one other qualify ing threshold for next week s debate that has not gotten as much attention. that helps lindsey graham. in order to even be able to
could not sustain it and now she s done in, like, chris christie territory. that said, there s some good news here, which is that even though 4% is terrible for carly fiorina, 4% is actually spectacular news for chris christie. i mean, not only is that a really high number for him, but he really needs it right now. there s only one more day for any more qualifying polls to come out to determine which candidates are going to make it on to the stage for the next republican debate. and as i say, that 4 prgs is terrible for carly fiorina. it s terrible in absolute terms as a polling value, but for somebody doing as terribly as chris christie has been doing in his run for the presidency, that 4% is golden. that 4% might be enough to guarantee that he makes it on to the main stage in next week s debate. and the same joy applies to our old friend rand paul who in this same cnn poll pulls in a whopping 5%, which ties rand paul with mick huckabee, and