2015 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
CNN, 8:00 p.m. ET
Former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina is moving up from the kids’ table, joining the Top 10 candidates in tonight’s prime-time Republican presidential debate – televised this time by CNN. The remaining four Republican candidates will appear in a mini-debate at 6 p.m., but for that one, the whole world is not watching. In prime time, the top three, based on all qualifying polls for the month since the first debate on Fox News, are Donald Trump, Ben Carson and Jeb Bush, with Fiorina tied for 7th place with Mike Huckabee. Barely making it onto the stage at the Reagan Library tonight, in 10th place? Chris Christie. With Rick Perry out of the race, and Jim Gilmore not qualifying for this month’s debates even though he appeared last month, here’s where to see whom: In the early debate at 6 p.m. ET, it’s Rick Santorum, George Pataki, Lindsay Graham and Bobby Jindal. In prime time, in addition to the leaders, Fiorina and Huckabee and the barely-made-it Christie, the participants are Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, John Kasich, and Rand Paul. Eleven in all. Moderating the debate: CNN chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper.