Paul Barely Makes the Debate Cutoff

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) “narrowly made the cutoff for CNN’s Dec. 15 prime-time debate, avoiding an embarrassment that pundits had predicted for days. Paul’s campaign had preemptively asked the network to revisit its debate standards and spare itself a fight,” the Washington Post reports.

“But a late factor — a Fox News poll that pegged his support at 5 percent in Iowa — got him over the line without any further argument.”