The New Hampshire Primary Turns 100

A two-to-one lead in the polls as Republican presidential candidates prepare to take stage Thursday in first nationally televised debate.

Notably absent from the forum was GOP frontrunner Donald Trump, along with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.

Most of America’s Republicans disapprove of the way Fox News is selecting candidates for the first GOP primary debate.

According to the Washington Post, Sens. Drawing 1 percent each are former business executive Carly Fiorina, U.S. Sen. The top 10 candidates in the field, based on a national polling average, will make it into the first sanctioned GOP debate later this week.

Trump, a New York real estate mogul who previously had flirted with seeking the presidency but ultimately backed out, has shocked many political professionals by soaring to the top of polls.

During a campaign event Monday in New Hampshire, one guy asked Walker to pose for a photo with him while holding a sign. CNN will host the debate with moderators Jake Tapper and Hugh Hewitt. But more than 70% indicated they preferred that states, not the federal government, carry out the plans.

Monmouth University pollster Patrick Murray in a statement said poll results for numerous candidates overlap when the margin of error is considered, making it unclear who is truly in the top 10.

Pollsters at Monmouth University and Quinnipiac University, both of whose surveys could be used by Fox for the final cut, said the news outlet had not contacted them about he potential to use their polls or to inquire about their methodologies.

Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina got in what was arguably the zinger of the night when he declared himself uniquely qualified to take on Democrat Hillary Clinton in a general election matchup in November 2016.

“If this feels like a full-on assault for women’s health, that’s because it is”, Clinton said in the video, criticizing by name former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Perry. Rand Paul? Confirmed. Chris Christie, Rick Perry, Bobby Jindal, and Ben Carson?

A camera was fixed on the line of candidates in the front row, offering viewers across the country a chance to see how the candidates reacted to their opponents’ messages.

Stay with FOX8 News and FOX8.com for continuing coverage on Thursday’s debate; we will be LIVE with exclusive coverage you will not see anywhere else. Although, frankly, the more I think about that, the more I think it might be a blessing in disguise.

Three days before the first presidential primary debate, the line-up of potential candidates who will be included is coming into focus. But one of the lower tier candidates, polling between 4% and 6%, is blaming the media for Trump’s meteoric rise. National polls mean nothing.