Who will be in the first GOP debate?

[PPT Spiral]

With less than two months to go, let's see how well Atlas predicts the lineup in advance.

[Maxwell]

Bush, Cruz, Rubio, Paul, Walker, Carson, and Huckabee are the duh options. And then I think it goes Donald Trump, Chris Christie (if he runs, if not, John Kasich probably takes his place over Santorum), and Rick Perry narrowly edging iCarly.

btw, with Donald Trump already in and taking the out of touch millionaire vote, who really needs Carly Fiorina in the race anymore?

[Yelnoc]

Bush, Cruz, Rubio, Paul, Walker, Carson, and Huckabee are the duh options. And then I think it goes Donald Trump, Chris Christie (if he runs, if not, John Kasich probably takes his place over Santorum), and Rick Perry narrowly edging iCarly.

btw, with Donald Trump already in and taking the out of touch millionaire vote, who really needs Carly Fiorina in the race anymore?

After the big 7, I think Trump is a shoe-in. His high name recognition will keep him polling well enough to make the cut, and his on-screen personality is guaranteed to boost ratings. I think Fiorina is being talked up intentionally by Fox and pushed by certain pollsters in order to push her over the mark and ensure there is a woman on stage; the boys need to learn how to debate a woman for the general election. And then tenth slot will go to either Christie or Kasich. I voted for Christie in this poll, but could definitely see Kasich over-taking him if he times his announcement for the maximum bump.

[Mehmentum]

The Big 7: Bush, Walker, Paul, Rubio, Carson, Huckabee, Cruz.

Then Christie and Trump.

I'm going to guess that Fiorina manages to edge out Rick Perry.

[IceSpear]

Bush, Cruz, Rubio, Paul, Walker, Carson, and Huckabee are the duh options. And then I think it goes Donald Trump, Chris Christie (if he runs, if not, John Kasich probably takes his place over Santorum), and Rick Perry narrowly edging iCarly.

btw, with Donald Trump already in and taking the out of touch millionaire vote, who really needs Carly Fiorina in the race anymore?

After the big 7, I think Trump is a shoe-in. His high name recognition will keep him polling well enough to make the cut, and his on-screen personality is guaranteed to boost ratings. I think Fiorina is being talked up intentionally by Fox and pushed by certain pollsters in order to push her over the mark and ensure there is a woman on stage; the boys need to learn how to debate a woman for the general election. And then tenth slot will go to either Christie or Kasich. I voted for Christie in this poll, but could definitely see Kasich over-taking him if he times his announcement for the maximum bump.

It would be hilarious to see Christie pushed out of the debate. If that happened, he probably wouldn't even run.

[Crumpets]

Top eight from RCP average + Kasich and Fiorina. Perry and Trump get displaced, although I wouldn't be surprised if Trump survives and Christie falls.

[daveosupremo]

Bush, Walker, Rubio, Cruz, Paul, Carson, Huckabee, Perry, and Trump for sure.  Fiorina, Kasich, and Jindal are in a tossup for the tenth spot.

[Indy Texas]

btw, with Donald Trump already in and taking the out of touch millionaire vote, who really needs Carly Fiorina in the race anymore?

Donald Trump has far more justification for running on his business record than Carly does. He was in charge of nobody's money but his own; she was supposed to look out for the interests of her company's shareholders and failed miserably. The Donald has gone bankrupt before but came out of it. Carly ran a Dow Jones company into the ground, got escorted off the premises and has done nothing to redeem herself since then.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Bush, Carson, Christie, Cruz, Paul, Graham, Trump, Walker, Huckabee, and maybe Perry.

[Del Tachi]

Bush
Carson
Cruz
Huckabee
Paul
Perry
Rubio
Santorum
Trump
Walker

and Fiorina or Kasich will somehow wind-up "tied" for 10th with Santorum and be allowed in.

[Maxwell]

Bush
Carson
Cruz
Huckabee
Paul
Perry
Rubio
Santorum
Trump
Walker

and Fiorina or Kasich will somehow wind-up "tied" for 10th with Santorum and be allowed in.

Are you thinking Christie is not running?

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According to these poll results, Bush, Cruz, Paul, Rubio, Walker, Huckabee, and Carson are the obvious ones; Trump is pretty close; Perry, Kasich, and Christie will fight for the two last spots. Fiorina and Santorum need a miracle, everyone else is hopeless (except for, of course, Graham, who comes in with a influential two votes).