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Out in conjunction with some of the campaigns, or were all the campaigns as surprised to hear about it tonight as the rest of us were? >> according to sources at the rnc and with the campaigns, nobody, none of the campaigns were informed about this decision before it was made. they were kind of blindsided, the same way everyone else in the media was. you know, it is interesting, you look at where carly fiorina was after being in that happy hour debate, in the fox news debate back in august, she ...

Stage, even if you adopt the fiorina rules, the top ten in policy after the first debate, just august and september follows, one or both of them might even be out. in a way, cnn is, in a certain sense, whittling the rest of the field for everyone. the question will be the rest of the cycle. will nibble, you know, have a kiddy table debate. will there be another happy hour debate? or will it just be these 11? if youre not in this group 11, are you no longer a serious political candidate? >> zeke ...

After being in that happy hour debate, in the fox news debate back in august, she actually surged. everyone else in that field stayed the same or fell. rick perry had that money trouble a couple of days after that debate. and you know, started running into problems right there. the rest of them looked like they belong there had. fiorina looks like she belongs on the main stage. interestingly enough, the way cnn did this is that rand paul and chris christie are both keeping a spot on the main sta...

>> now the republican candidates are gearing up for their next big debate. its right here on cnn. and tonight, there has been a very important amendment to the rules. cnn politics executive editor mark preston is here with the details. >> well, you know, brianna, there has been a lot of talk about who would actually be in the top tier of the debate on october 16th at the ronald reagan presidential library. the question was, would there be the likes of a carly fiorina who could be added to the st...

So big and unexpected breaking news in the republican race for the presidential nomination tonight. the news we just got from cnn that they have changed the rules significantly for the next republican debate, even after insisting for weeks that they would do no such thing and they could do no such thing. the whole issue of the difficult bias problems in the republican debate plans this year was first raised back in may by a really astute political writer at "time" magazine named zeke miller. and...

Political candidate? >> zeke miller, thanks for your time tonight. appreciate having you here. >> thanks for having me. >> i will say that last point zeke was making about guys like rand paul and chris christie and some of the other guys who are really scraping the bottom in the polling right now, cnn really did just, seemingly, change the rules to allow carly fiorina in. theyre not saying, you can be in the top ten, well look at the polls differently so you can get in, they made it a top 11, co...

I mean, rick perry was the freaking governor of texas for 14 years? youre not going to let him in? bobby jindal is the current governor of louisiana, youre not going to let him in? lindsey graham is the home state senior senator for the first in the state primary, south carolina is right after iowa and new hampshire. youre not going to let him in? and on and on and on. cnn tonight, amazingly, after all of their defensive piety on this issue for weeks now, all this blowing smoke about how theyre ...

I mean, if ten isnt the magic, irrelevant number anymore, if 11 is the magic irrelevant number now, why shouldnt 12 be the magic irrelevant number, or 13? i mean, rick perry was the freaking governor of texas for 14 years? youre not going to let him in? bobby jindal is the current governor of louisiana, youre not going to let him in? lindsey graham is the home state senior senator for the first in the state primary, south carolina is right after iowa and new hampshire. youre not going to let him...

If the fiorina campaign has an issue with our criteria, they could have raised it when we published them in may. they did not. revising the criteria for the demand or for the benefit of one candidate is not something we have done in the past and we will not do it now. that was friday. cnn. "we will not do it now." now, though, its tuesday, and apparently now they will change the debate. cnn sent this long, mad petition from the carly fiorina campaign just before 3:00 today, demanding that cnn ch...

If the fiorina campaign has an issue with our criteria, they could have raised it when we published them in may. they did not. revising the criteria for the demand or for the benefit of one candidate is not something we have done in the past and we will not do it now. that was friday. cnn. "we will not do it now." now, though, its tuesday, and apparently now they will change the debate. cnn sent this long, mad petition from the carly fiorina campaign just before 3:00 today, demanding that cnn ch...