No last-minute invite for Fiorina to debate

Earlier, Ms. Ayotte had said Mrs. Fiorina has campaigned hard in New Hampshire and a decision to exclude her from the debate while she outperforms another debate participant in state polling “undermines” the state’s role in the primary process.

The former Hewlett-Packard CEO has attracted sympathy from high profile Republicans, including New Hampshire Sen.

Mitt Romney wants to know, tweeting, “Hey @ABC: put @CarlyFiorina on the debate stage!”

When asked to comment about Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, who went to jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, Fiorina broke with most of the GOP candidate pack.

– Place among the top six candidates in an average of New Hampshire Republican presidential polls recognized by ABC News.

But the Republican National Committee and ABC News are feeling pressure to change course.

An aggrieved Donald Trump returns to the debate stage Saturday night hoping to find his way into the winner’s circle in New Hampshire, while a rising Marco Rubio looks to fend off an onslaught of attacks from his rivals.

It is also crucial for Christie and Kasich, who don’t want this debate to be their last. [Chris] Christie makes it; [Jeb] Bush makes it. Not on that stage: Carly Fiorina – and she is fighting to try to get on that stage.

Fiorina finished ahead of Republican candidates Chris Christie and John Kasich in the Iowa caucuses, but both are in the debate on Saturday. For the first time this cycle, there will only be one, main debate-no undercard. Rick Santorum, along with Sen.

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– Place among the top three candidates ranked according to the popular vote in the Iowa Republican caucuses on February 1, 2016. “So, I don’t know how they can tell the voters of New Hampshire they are ready to debate Hillary Clinton”.

Under card mainstays – Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and former Pennsylvania Sen. “I have been saying all along in this election, the game is rigged, and now you see it, in plain day”. Rand Paul, who received more than twice as much support in the Iowa caucuses as Fiorina, dropped out of the race on Wednesday – in part, his campaign manager Doug Stafford told reporters, because they didn’t anticipate that he would be allowed into the New Hampshire debate.

She went on to note her campaign has the same number of delegates as Jeb Bush and John Kasich-one delegate-while Chris Christie doesn’t have any. Gilmore has been excluded from five consecutive GOP debates, but hasn’t raised a stink. It is also a mechanism for her campaign to collect names and email addresses for fundraising and outreach. As of today, I will be the only candidate kept off the debate stage.