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Exclusion Means Likely Death Knell for Perry, Fiorina, Jindal, Santorum, Graham, Gilmore, and Pataki

written by Paul A. Prados August 5, 2015

This seemingly minor decision so early in the process may be too formidable of a hurdle for these candidates to overcome.

Fox News announced the lineup for Thursday evening’s Republican debate.  The debate is limited to 10 candidates in order to keep the debate “manageable.”

The roster of 10 candidates was determined based on an average of the five most recent national polls. Trump as expected made the cut, securing the top slot. Right behind him were Bush and Walker, who each have posted strong numbers in recent surveys.

The story has two important elements Inclusion and Exclusion.

Included with stronger numbers than expected, Trump, Huckabee, Carson, Kasich

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Credit FOXNews

A few of the candidates are included with reasonable numbers that could have been expected well before last evening were Bush, Walker, and Christie (who polled at the bottom of the ten).  None of their numbers were particularly surprising.

Trump, continues to exceed my polling expectations, but I have a post coming on that issue shortly.

Huckabee and Carson are outpolling a handful of serious contenders that have been planning and strategizing for years.  Both are social conservatives.  Carson has the appeal of being an outsider, a truly brilliant man, and possesses an incredible life story.  Huckabee has run before, and has had national media platforms from which to build a reputation and name recognition.

Kasich eked in.  A former hard line budget hawk, Kasich claims to bring pragmatism to the debate.  He probably made the stage based on the good timing of his announcement.

Included with weaker numbers than expected, Cruz, Rubio, and Paul

These three candidates have the ability to be regarded as the anti-Bush.  All three have been planning this for years.  All three are polling below their previous national poll numbers.  These three need to focus on proving themselves as better statesmen and more conservative than Walker (no small feat) as I believe Trump’s rise in the polls is not long for this world.

The crabs at the bottom of the barrel

Seven candidates will participate in a pre-debate as they have been excluded from the main event.  The exclusion of these candidates will have a profound effect on their campaigns.  Climbing back after being officially relegated to second tier will be nearly impossible.  One or two of the excluded seven will have a chance to break back into the top ten, but it will be a hard uphill climb.  Name recognition could not even save Perry and Santorum from second tier status.

These seven candidates NEED to grab headlines.  Saying or doing something outrageous may be the only thing that brings these campaigns back.  In my opinion only three of these campaigns have a reasonable chance of breaking back into the top ten, Perry, Fiorina, and Jindal.

The Fiorina and Perry campaigns seem to know their chances.  Rather than complain, they have accepted their fate and are already planning their next move to break back into the top ten.

Of these, Fiorina has the best chance, as she is the best at messaging of all 17.

Exclusion Means Likely Death Knell for Perry, Fiorina, Jindal, Santorum, Graham, Gilmore, and Pataki was last modified: August 9th, 2015 by Paul A. Prados
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Paul A. Prados

Having fallen prey to the allure of DC politics in college, Paul escaped only to make the similar judgment error of going to law school. Trained at the side of a sitting state Senator, Paul is now the owner of a law firm in Reston, Virginia. In previous years Paul built a base of support on Twitter @ppradoslaw and founded and wrote for a blog on Virginia politics and legal procedure northernvirginialawyer.blogspot.com. As a pro-life libertarian, Paul finds himself at home within the broader conservative movement, and believes in a big tent Republican Party. In May 2016 Paul was elected as Chairman of the 11th Congressional District Republican Committee. Paul resides in western Fairfax County with his wife and children.

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