Are you surprised about the Republican debate roster?

The Republican candidates that will participate in the Fox News’ Republican debate on Thursday have been announced. The presidential candidates are Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, Mike Huckabee, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Chris Christie and John Kasich. Fox used a national polling system to determine the 10 most favored candidates to be given the chance to be in the debate. This leaves Rick Perry, Bobby Jindal, Carly Fiorina, Lindsey Graham, George Pataki, and Jim Gilmore to appear in a separate debate earlier in the evening.

Does the lineup surprise you?

How likely are candidates omitted from the Republican debate roster to still have a chance at Republican nomination?

Fox News released their roster for the first Republican debate earlier today. The roster only includes the 10 top polling GOP presidential candidates, meaning that candidates that didn’t make the cut (Rick Perry, Bobby Jindal, Carly Fiorina, Lindsey Graham, George Pataki, and Jim Gilmore) are only given the chance to debate earlier in the day of the prime-time debate.

Do you think that being left out of the official Republican debate leaves the candidates with little chance of getting Republican presidential nomination?

Rick Perry wants to address the Lafayette Shooting by allowing people to bring guns into theaters. Agree?

On CNN, Rick Perry was asked what he thought the government can do to keep guns out of the hands of people with mental and emotional problems. “I think we have the laws in place,” replied Perry. “There were individuals that I think, somewhere, somebody didn’t do their job in the standpoint of enforcing the laws that are on the books.” He then stated that “I would suggest that the concept of gun-free zones are a bad idea,” explaining, “I believe that, with all my heart, that if you have the citizens who are well trained, and particularly in these places that are considered to be gun-free zones, that we can stop that type of activity, or stop it before there’s as many people that are impacted as what we saw in Lafayette.” Do you believe that Perry is correct?