For this first prime-time televised debate featuring the Republican politicians hoping to land the 2016 Presidential nomination, Fox News is hosting the event live from Cleveland, and allowing only “the top 10” contenders, in its own estimation based on five other polls, to participate. This means that Lindsey Graham, Bobby Jindal, Rick Perry and Rick Santorum, among others, are out. But it also means that Ted Cruz, Chris Christie, Jeb Bush, Mike Huckabee, Rand Paul, Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, John Kasich, Scott Walker and front-runner Donald Trump are in. Ten candidates in two hours leaves little time for discussion, and no time for depth – but does leave just enough time for one-liners and infighting, with Trump, Christie, Cruz and Huckabee, among others, coming in determined to be the most quoteworthy coming out.

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