What would be your criteria for including candidates to the GOP debates?

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Fox just announced debate selection criteria for the Fox News/Facebook GOP debate on August 6th:

-Candidate must place in the top ten in the average of the five most recent national polls leading up to the debate.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fox-news-to-limit-the-field-for-first-gop-presidential-debate/2015/05/20/7d4e0386-ff2e-11e4-805c-c3f407e5a9e9_story.html

Can we start a fake polling company to release a national poll with some very interesting numbers?

[Ebsy]

Fox just announced debate selection criteria for the Fox News/Facebook GOP debate on August 6th:

-Candidate must place in the top ten in the average of the five most recent national polls leading up to the debate.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fox-news-to-limit-the-field-for-first-gop-presidential-debate/2015/05/20/7d4e0386-ff2e-11e4-805c-c3f407e5a9e9_story.html

Can we start a fake polling company to release a national poll with some very interesting numbers?

You mean other than Gravis?

[Mister Mets]

One criteria I'd have: If you've run for nomination before and been invited to prior presidential debates, and fail to crack five percent in the average of the most recent polls, you're not eligible. You can't argue that voters haven't gotten to know a candidate well enough. A variation to keep Christie on his toes could also apply to former Keynote speakers.