Paul Asks Party Leaders to Include Him in Prime-Time Debate

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Paul Asks Party Leaders to Include Him in Prime-Time Debate

By ADAM BEAM, ASSOCIATED PRESS
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Jan 13, 2016, 3:01 PM ET

Rand Paul has asked Republican Party leaders to include him in Thursday's prime-time presidential debate, using the results of a new poll in Iowa and his unusual coalition of support as leverage.

Paul did not qualify for the prime-time debate on the Fox Business Network because an average of recent polls in Iowa and New Hampshire did not have him among the top five candidates. But a poll from the Des Moines Register and Bloomberg Politics released Wednesday has Paul in fifth place in Iowa with the support of 5 percent of likely caucus goers.

That poll was not released in time to be considered for the debate. But it was conducted before the deadline.

"Without question the new poll would have me on the debate stage," Paul said in an interview.

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/paul-asks-party-leaders-include-prime-time-debate-36272354

[longship]

1. Jerk! nt

[randome]

2. "Okay, okay, if you'll stop whining about it, you can have some more cake."

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Precision and concision. That's the game.[/center][/font][hr]

[monmouth4]

3. And with Jeb's! numbers, how does he still qualify?...n/t