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That's 22 noncrack pot names. 22 names. which of them get cut out this year? none of them would have been cut out in 2008 or 2012. if you rank them individually, rank them against would who did make it? seriously, how are they going to decide? time magazine's squeak miller reports today that the process is already under way quietly between republican party officials and some of the tv networks that are supposed to be airing the nine republican debates this year. typically, you use a polling threshold to decide who makes it into the first couple of the debates. but with this many people in the ...

22 names. which of them get cut out this year? none of them would have been cut out in 2008 or 2012. if you rank them individually, rank them against would who did make it? seriously, how are they going to decide? time magazine's squeak miller reports today that the process is already under way quietly between republican party officials and some of the tv networks that are supposed to be airing the nine republican debates this year. typically, you use a polling threshold to decide who makes it into the first couple of the debates. but with this many people in the wedding, honestly right now no...

Where they are. when you have ten kdz counties below 5% in the margin of error and they're below that -- they're either at 1% or 2% or at zee oregon almost negative in a way. that's not how polling works, obviously, but they could statistically be at zero. so it's not possible to know what their support is. the parties are looking at and these networks are looking at money, so how much money they've raised how many individual donors they have. how many members of congress have endorsed them or sitting republicans or sitting office holders. usually the way these work is that they decide who the...

The parties are looking at and these networks are looking at money, so how much money they've raised, how many individual donors they have. how many members of congress have endorsed them or sitting republicans or sitting office holders. usually the way these work is that they decide who they want on stage and then they make the rules sort of to fit that, they sort of back build the rules to justify who they want on stage. >> i want to come back to the money question in a second. because i think that's important and i think it rubs me the wrong way and i'm not sure why. so i want to come back ...

That was hilarious. john kasich, is anybody polling on -- lindsey graham? will they start? if he declares he's running for president, will they poll on him? a polling threshold depends on the preferences of the pollsters in terms of who they put on the list. and the more people they put on the list the less likely any candidate will hit any reasonable threshold. the nbc poll that came out last night, a great poll, the answer not sure beat out both rick perry and carly fiorina. carly got 1%. rick perry got 2%. not sure got 3%. does that mean rick perry and carly fiorina shouldn't be allowed int...