Rick Santorum

Carly Fiorina also highlighted Donald Trump's shifting policy positions on immigration, abortion and healthcare. (AP Photo)Â

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Carly Fiorina shines in opening debate

Philip Klein · August 6, 2015 11:19 pm

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Some observations on the Republicans’ Happy Hour Debate

Michael Barone · August 6, 2015 9:46 pm

A U.S. Secret Service Uniform Division officer removes police tape during the reopening of pedestrian access to Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 9, 2015. (AP Photo)Â

Beltway Confidential

District residents ready for the GOP debates, sort of

Emily Leayman · August 6, 2015 9:20 pm

Santorum is part of group of seven candidates who did not make the top 10 for Fox News' main debate stage. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Rick Santorum: Limiting GOP debates ‘a disservice to American people’

Kelly Cohen · August 6, 2015 1:40 pm

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum speaks at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, Saturday, July 18, 2015. (AP Photo)Â

Santorum team unphased by low polling and staff cuts

Ariel Cohen · August 5, 2015 10:35 pm

ToddÂ Graham, the debate expert, said even though Fox is allotting time to 17 candidates total, only those who make it onto the stage among the top 10 have any chance of becoming the GOP nominee.Â (AP Photo)Â

Debate expert: Candidates excluded from Fox GOP debate have no shot at nomination

Eddie Scarry · August 5, 2015 6:07 pm

A First Look At the GOP Field in New Hampshire

Michael Warren · August 4, 2015 11:28 am

Lindsey Graham has taken to calling the second-tier event the "happy hour debate."Â (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

For GOP ‘kids,’ no Trump could mean better debate

Byron York · August 4, 2015 1:44 am

Even candidates who have nearly reserved a spot on the main stage trashed the structure of the first debate. (AP file)

Beltway Confidential

In defense of the Fox News debate format

Jason Russell · August 3, 2015 7:33 pm

Even candidates who have nearly reserved a spot on the main stage trashed the structure of the first debate. (AP file)

GOP candidates trash first debate’s structure on Sunday shows

Ryan Lovelace · August 2, 2015 6:23 pm

Preparations continue for the FOX News/Wall Street Journal GOP Presidential Debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Fox News’ pre-GOP debate ‘forum’ — what is it?

Eddie Scarry · July 30, 2015 12:00 pm

CNN plans to reserve one segment of its debate for all the major candidates, while the other segment will feature only those candidates who are polling in the top 10 of an average of national surveys. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

CNN clarifies: Our debate will have all Republican candidates

Eddie Scarry · July 28, 2015 7:37 pm