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The scent of desperation is filling the diners and Pizza Ranches, as caucus day is less than two weeks away.

Donald Trump is struggling to land a blow on Ted Cruz, Chris Christie’s getting desperate, and Jeb Bush’s campaign is beginning to seem like a sad sequel to “Brewster’s Millions.”

Fox Business Network on Monday announced the candidate lineup for the Jan. 14 Republican presidential debates – and already one candidate has said he will not participate after not qualifying for the prime-time event.

The Republican debate stage will be noticeably smaller when the candidates gather in Charleston, S.C., on Thursday night for their first debate of the year.

On Monday, Fox Business Network, the host of the debate, announced on “Lou Dobbs Tonight” the qualifiers for the main stage, and Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky and Carly Fiorina — who have both been slipping in recent polls — did not make the cut.

Rand Paul on the verge of being booted to undercard debate

Rand Paul is on the verge of being booted to the undercard stage in Thursday night’s Republican primary debate, while John Kasich appears to have successfully clung on to the main stage, according to a POLITICO analysis of recent polls done before Fox Business Network officially announces the lineup later on Monday.

In the January edition of AEI’s Political Report, we provide profiles of the 2012 Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada Republican electorates. What makes each of these electorates distinct? Will their profiles be similar in 2016?

Who are Trump’s voters, and will they vote?

Donald Trump’s high levels of support in the Republican nomination contest has led many to ask a basic question: Who, exactly, are his supporters? Politico seeks to answer that question with a deep dive into the polling data this morning:

Donald Trump’s big tent

Republicans explain away their unwelcome poll-leader by dismissing his supporters as a loud but narrow network of angry white men and celebrity chasers.

It’s not true. A POLITICO review of private and public polling data and interviews with GOP ... Read More >>

29 Days Left - The State of the Caucus Race

If you are into politics, there will be no better place to be for the next month than the state of Iowa. The holidays are over. The Hawkeye football season is over. We love college basketball, and while conference play is upon us, it doesn’t get serious until March. For the next 30 days, the Iowa Caucuses will take center stage and dominate discussions and news coverage around the state.