[GoneSalt]

#NoobDontShoot

[ilgipper]

I would have left off Patacki and Graham too. Neither will ever exceed 1%. The rest have a potential to gain some momentum.

[conservative98]

1 down. 15 more to go.

[EvilCapitalist]

Jake Tapper will be moderating this debate. I don’t have cable, and certainly wouldn’t watch cnn. Is Tapper as partisan as Candy Crowley?

[alstewartfan]

That’s it!!! If Gilmore is not there, I’m done with the whole process. And as soon as I find out who Gilmore is, I’ll have more to say.

[CitizenUSA]

At least Trump was invited. I don’t know where Nancy Reagan stands on Trump, but it would be a very grave mistake to try to exclude him (not saying she would, but I bet the GOPe would love to try).

Maybe also we’ll have a real debate this time. A lot of people don’t probably know what a real debate is supposed to be like. It’s not supposed to be a bunch of gotcha questions, individually tailored for each candidate. A debate is supposed to be about policy, each candidate answers the same question(s), and each candidate is given time to rebut other candidates.

What Fox News did was a joke, not a debate.

[ConservativeInPA]

So this debate will be better than the first one. We'll have more time for more detailed answers from all candidates on the same questions with multiple follow ups. This is a great format.

NOT!

[HarleyLady27]

At least Nancy has the decency to invite Ben Carson and Rick Santourm to her event...is up front of the invite and doesn't look like she's going to ‘uninvite’ anyone..

Nancy has always been a very graceful Lady, and she took very good care of Ronald before, during and after the White House...

I miss the ‘Ladies of the White House” Jackie O, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Laura Bush....

[erod]

Good article thanks! 16 candidates jeez they’ll have no problem freezing Cruz out.

[Popman]

At this point CNN might do a better job than Fox....

Jake Trapper isn’t bad compared to the rest of the slugs at CNN...

[Walrus]

I love it!

Keep everyone in the game as long as possible. The Dems won’t know who to go after. :)

[skeeter]

This time there will be two or three candidates on the platform who will not let some partisan moderator get away with putting words in their mouths or shaping their answers.

[Liz]

Nancy Reagan invites 16 candidates to CNN debate...including Donald Trump.

[wolfman23601]

They need 10 at the children’s table and 6 in the real debate, not the other way around. I think Perry will drop out before then as well.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Can you imagine Trump not being invited and watching him go after Nancy Reagan on Twitter?

[GoldenPup]

Former First Lady Nancy Reagan is inviting 16 Republican presidential candidates to participate in the CNN/Reagan Library presidential debate on September 16.

Can't wait...to skip it!!! Mega BS reduex. Zzzzzzzzzz.

[McGruff]

It's part of initiation.

[exit82]

You did fine. Welcome aboard.

[Servant of the Cross]

CNN?! At the Reagan Library?! I’m thinking CNN have taken advantage of an elderly lady.

[CodeToad]

CNN & Reagan together?? I don’t think Ronnie would like that.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Nancy is 94. I hope they didn’t let her lick the envelopes.