Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham is one of the most quoted and influential politicians in Washington, D.C. from either party – a fixture on Sunday shows who’s known for crossing the aisle to enact major bipartisan deals while advocating for a hawkish foreign policy.
He’s also running for president. But that part hasn’t gone so well, and now Graham finds himself out in the cold for the Fox Business Network/Wall Street Journal debate on Tuesday after missing its minimum polling requirements.
Like the previous gatherings, the event features a main debate and a “kids table” debate for low polling candidates. Candidates needed to average 2.5% in public polls to make the big show and 1% to make the next tier. The big news coming out of the event was that New York Gov. Chris Christie and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee were both dropped to the lower tier, but the second debate’s exclusions were jarring as well. Graham isn’t the only candidate with a strong resume on paper who missed the cut – former New York Gov. George Pataki and former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore (who missed the last one) are out as well.
http://www. msnbc.com/msnbc/lindsey-graham-left-out-the-cold-gop-debate
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