The Daily Caller is offering an interactive live blog where you, the readers, can give your instant feedback to everything that happens on stage at the first Republican primary debate, as well as digest on-the-ground information from our reporters in Cleveland.
Fox News hosts Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly and Chris Wallace are moderating the debate from Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. Facebook is helping to present the debate and is offering users the chance to submit questions and give feedback on candidates’ answers in real time.
The debate is scheduled to last 90 minutes in total. With commercials sprinkled in, it should wrap up at 11 p.m.
The following 10 candidates met the criteria of leading in certain national polls by Tuesday’s deadline:
- Businessman Donald Trump
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee
Former neurosurgeon Ben Carson
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie
Ohio Gov. John Kasich
Fox also hosted a separate forum for the seven other Republican candidates who did not qualify for the primetime slot. Hosts Martha MacCallum and Bill Hemmer moderated the “happy hour debate” at 5 p.m. Eastern.
The following candidates featured in the MacCallum-Hemmer forum:
- Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal
Former HP executive Carly Fiorina
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham
Former New York Gov. George Pataki
Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore
The spin room for tonight pic.twitter.com/wtQuNJKBjx
— Alex Pappas (@AlexPappas) August 6, 2015
Just spotted Mike Huckabee inside Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ahead of debate http://t.co/03YXIYjOkp pic.twitter.com/wwcYNIaRL0
— Alex Pappas (@AlexPappas) August 6, 2015
Outside the Quicken Loans arena here in Cleveland ahead of the debate pic.twitter.com/ceuEQquN4O
— Alex Pappas (@AlexPappas) August 5, 2015
Marco Rubio about to appear at pre-debate rally in this Cleveland bar pic.twitter.com/yUT2n5g6Kv
— Alex Pappas (@AlexPappas) August 5, 2015