GOP hopefuls gather in S. Carolina for pre-primary debates

SSN: Rand Paul opted out of this round the debates, insisting he did not want to be on the undercard. Paul failed to meet that criteria, but has argued that other polls should have been taken into account.

Instead of landing in SC, it was NY for Paul, where, in a two-day stint, he has appeared on “The Daily Show“, “The Dr. Oz Show“, as well as interviews with Fox News, MSNBC and CNN, all providing him the opportunity to talk about why he skipped the debate and what that means for the party, as well as his vision for it.

Ever since the channel hosted a Republican presidential debate on November 10, viewership has been climbing.

He also accused the Republican Party of trying to “push people off the stage”.

“We need to be careful about letting the voice of the Republican Party be someone who thinks that all immigrants are rapists or drug dealers”, Paul said of Trump.

The main debate in North Charleston, S.C., on Thursday night will feature businessman Donald Trump, Texas Sen. They call themselves the Freedom Kids, and their song pretty much hits on all the talking points you’re hear at the debate tonight.

Being relegated to the undercard debate communicates to voters that a candidate can’t win, Paul said. So what it is, is about predefining the race. Let’s be honest about this.

“To be artificially designated in some kind of lower or second tier sends a signal to the voter that you are not the same and don’t have a chance”, Paul said. At the conclusion of that debate, a visibly content Cavuto, who doubles as its managing editor for news, took a swipe at CNBC, exclaiming that “business debates can be riveting, because it wasn’t about us”. Those candidates – Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Jeb Bush and John Kasich – will be featured at 9 p.m. EST. “So if you tell me, ‘Oh, you are scoring 5.8 and somebody scored 6.2; therefore, we’re going tell the American people you are in a second class or underclass”, that is completely utterly artificial and unfair”.

“I think it’s still to show strength, to show conviction, to talk about issues, be the serious candidate with serious plans to deal with the serious challenges we face”, he said of his strategy.