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Criteria for making this debate, what you had to do to be eligible to get on the stage. basically, in this debate there are three ways candidates can make it onto the main stage. you can get a 3 1/2% polling average in national polls or you can get a 4% polling average in iowa or a 4% polling average in new hampshire. 3 1/2 nationally, 4 in either of the first two states. and cnn is very up front about this. right? theyre not all woolly about their debate criteria like fox has been honestly. cnn...

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You need a 4% polling average in new hampshire or in iowa in order to make it onto the debate stage, even if you are doing terribly nationwide. and so good new hampshire numbers like these put john kasich and chris christie and carly fiorina all very comfortably on the main stage even though their national numbers stink. now we get to the part thats really weird. now we get to the part that i sort of cant believe isnt a big national news story. because these are the polling numbers for a candida...

You get. so thats really specific. and because they were so specific with criteria that transparent, everybodys been able to follow along. weve all been able to keep track with each new poll as to how candidates are doing in trying to get into the next republican debate. were all looking at the same numbers. right? these are the numbers that cnn is looking at. its all available polling. theres nothing proprietary about their process. this is the data. weve all got access to the same data. and th...

Maybe not making it into the next democratic debate. but close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. hes in or out and right now hes in. nbc additionally says that it will round its polling average up to the nearest whole number which means that governor omalley doesnt need really to get 5% in one of the three states or nationwide polls. he only needs to get 3.5% and thats enough to round him up so he can get into the next debate. as the polls stand right now, he makes it. because of iowa...

Supports up to 5% in iowa. >> thats not true. there was a fox news poll that showed him at 5% in iowa but that wasnt enough to qualify him for the cnn debate under cnns own rules. he doesnt get a polling average of 4% or more in iowa. even with the late-breaking iowa fox news poll. but cnn has just -- i dont mean to be weird. but they have been -- i hesitate to say lying, but theyve been lying about this on their own air for a couple of days now and i really dont understand why. >> doug stafford...

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Weve all been able to keep track with each new poll as to how candidates are doing in trying to get into the next republican debate. were all looking at the same numbers. right? these are the numbers that cnn is looking at. its all available polling. theres nothing proprietary about their process. this is the data. weve all got access to the same data. and the criteria are really generous. you dont have to qualify in iowa and new hampshire and nationally. you just have to qualify in one of those...