The FOX Business Network has announced the candidate lineups for the two Republican primary debates it will host on Thursday, January 14.

The 9 p.m. ET debate will feature real estate mogul Donald Trump; Texas Senator Ted Cruz; Florida Senator Marco Rubio; retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson; New Jersey Governor Chris Christie; former Florida Governor Jeb Bush; and Ohio Governor John Kasich.

The 6 p.m. ET debate roster includes Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, former HP (NYSE:HPQ) CEO Carly Fiorina, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee; and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2016/01/11/fox-business-network-announces-primary-debates-candidate-lineup.html/

And Rand Paul threw a temper tantrum because he didn't qualify for the big boy debate since he is polling at less then one percent so he just announced he wont participate at all.

This guy has some serious issues.

He is acting like he has to sit at the kids table during a family reunion.

I still don't know how Jeb Bush remains in the top tier over both
Rand Paul and Carly!

Do debates actually achieve anything?

To me they only seem to be effective in soundbite branding and marketing rather than actually delving into any relevant discourse.

The subsequent internet search to prove where they lied and where they were wrong is more relevant.

IMO that would make a better show.

Candidates "debate," then they're fact checked, then they are brought back to answer questions as to why they lied or are using crappy statistics and information.
Once they are given "better" information, they debate again, only using the same information.

Otherwise the whole process seems to be like a grade school debate class for special ed. They try to make it appear normal and official simply for the sake of the retards.

AS long as the media controls the "polls" we will be given our "choices" according to who better fits the agenda and falls in line with the right or the left.

Trump, the wild card, would be at the kids table too if the media hadn't fed that horse from the git-go. Now they must live with yet another monster they have created. It will be curious to see how they bring him down so only their puppets are left as a "choice" for us.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/01/14/gop-candidates-take-final-shots-before-fbn-debates.html/

Candidates gear-up for sixth GOP debate

The Republican race is heating up, and leading candidates took their final jabs at each other ahead of Thursday night’s Fox Business Network debates – with Donald Trump calling Ted Cruz’s Canadian birthplace a “problem” and Jeb Bush challenging Trump’s fitness to lead in a tough, new ad.

The debates Thursday night in South Carolina are among the last before the leadoff Iowa and New Hampshire contests.

The tight calendar is fueling new tensions in the race, with Trump trying to knock Cruz down a peg as the Texas senator challenges the billionaire businessman for the Iowa lead, as several candidates in the tier below them step up their attacks on virtually any rival near them in the polls.

The latest shot came from Bush, who is spending heavily from his war chest in a bid to recover from his steep slide in the polls. He released a new TV ad Thursday hammering Trump for at one point appearing to mock a reporter’s disability. It shows a clip of Trump imitating the reporter, and then cuts to footage of Bush calling Trump a “jerk” and highlighting the former Florida governor’s work on disabilities issues.

Trump, for his part, has denied mocking the reporter, but has long since moved past attacking Bush to needling Cruz.

On Wednesday at a Florida rally, Trump reprised his claims that Cruz might be ineligible because he was born in Canada – though legal analysts have said the fact Cruz's mother is a U.S. citizen means he can run.

Trump told supporters his opponent has a “little problem” and, previewing his expectations for the debate, added they’ll “get into it tomorrow night.”

The Republican front-runner also has been engaged in an unusual battle on the sidelines with South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who was tapped to give the official GOP response to President Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday.

Haley urged Americans to ignore the “angriest voices,” and later acknowledged she was referring to Trump and others. She told Fox News while she considers Trump “a friend,” she does disagree “with the fact that he wants to start using religion as a way to divide people.” She was referring to Trump’s call for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the U.S.

Trump, in response, called Haley “very weak on illegal immigration.”

And the candidate is making no apologies for his tone.

On Wednesday, Trump described his supporters as not so much a “silent majority” but a “noisy-as-hell majority.”

As before, Thursday’s debates will be broken into two parts. An evening debate of lower-polling candidates begins at 6 p.m. ET. Those qualifying for that debate are: Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul; former HP CEO Carly Fiorina; former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee; and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum. Paul has said he does not plan to attend.

Those who qualified for the prime time, 9 p.m. ET debate are:

Trump; Cruz; Florida Sen. Marco Rubio; retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson; New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie; Bush; and Ohio Gov. John Kasich.

The Thursday debates will be held at the North Charleston Coliseum and Performing Arts Center in North Charleston, S.C.

Anchor/Managing Editor of Business News Neil Cavuto and Anchor/Global Markets Editor Maria Bartiromo will moderate the prime-time debate. The earlier debate will be moderated by anchors Trish Regan and Sandra Smith.

I think its more like that this election than any other,,,,

In other elections I have seen them actually discuss issues and SOLUTIONS (That are actually plausible and not bravado nonsense)


I love your idea about coming back and clarifying the false statistics and information,,,

LIVE

GOP Presidential Debates January 14,2016:

http://youtu.be/x-S0oCps2DY/

Well.. I didn't like anything I seen or heard.
Beginning with the 'targeted questions' to each candidate.
My overall impression is.... Get ready for war.
No further comment.

Vote Trump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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They are spending to much time attacking each other and not taking on the issues.

All though I do agree with Mr. Trump, even though he is a citizen and the courts probably wont even touch this issue if he wins because they wont trump the voters, Senator Cruz needs to get a head of this and get it cleared up. This will be the number one attack of the Democrats if he doesn't.

We saw them do it to one of their own in 2008 when Hillary went after Obama on the same issue and its been a headache to Obama, the DNC and the country ever since.