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Yesterday, CNN announced the details for the last debate to be held before people start casting ballots. It will be on Wednesday, January 10, at Drake University in Iowa with a start time of 9:00 ET. The moderators will be CNN anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.
Three people cleared the somewhat high bar for qualifying (10% in three reputable national/Iowa polls): Donald Trump, Nikki Haley and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL). Trump, of course, will not attend, and has already said he will do a Fox town hall at the same time the debate is taking place. That means the guy whose brand is "tough," "macho," and "manly" will trade a situation where he might actually face some challenging questions for one where Bret Baier will feed him a steady diet of softballs. Hm... the definitions of "tough," "macho," and "manly" that appear in our dictionary must be out of date.
Vivek Ramaswamy, who joins Chris Christie in being cut from the debate stage, promptly announced that he is dropping out of the debate. Hm... "dropping out." We do not think that phrase means what you think it means, Vivek. In any case, his absence is pleasing news to anyone who plans to watch the debate. Meanwhile, he's not spending money anymore and he no longer will have access to a national TV audience. How much longer is he going to pretend he's running for president? (Z)