Who can participate: For the 8:30 p.m. primetime debate, CNN used early-state polls to determine who is on the main stage. Those candidates met one of three criteria: an average of at least 3.5 percent nationally; at least 4 percent in Iowa; or at
Republican presidential debate, the still-leading real estate mogul-in-chief had to take a bit of a backseat to the other eight candidates scratching and clawing to make a mark before voters get distracted by their new BB-8 toys and ignore politics
One of the recurring themes in the all-ISIS all-fear CNN/Republican "debate" on Tuesday was the premise that the San Bernardino terrorists, who we care about—as opposed to the Colorado Springs or Charleston terrorists, who we do not—were openly
One of the recurring themes in the all-ISIS all-fear CNN/Republican "debate" on Tuesday was the premise that the San Bernardino terrorists, who we care about—as opposed to the Colorado Springs or Charleston terrorists, who we do not—were openly
1218_Debate_Trump_Poll At the Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas, Donald Trump and Ben Carson share a friendly moment on stage. Trump and Carson are first and second, respectively, in the latest national poll of likely Republican voters.