The dems control the media and subjectively chose which polls to use in determining who was on that stage. It's resulted in two senile people and the other eight who are scary, idiotic, on something, and/or will say whatever crazy people want to hear.
Don’t tell Kathleen Parker that they are senile or crazy. This very token “conservative” columnist has one this morning extolling how wonderful they all are compared to the odious Trump. This is typical of the establishment Republican politicians and hanger-on, for a nod or an invitation to a liberal cocktail party the Parkers, Kristols, Wills, etc. will sell you and any principles they may have espoused out. This is the attitude that gave aisle-crossing money for the Ted Kennedy Center for the Senate, supposedly a self-funding memorial to a drunk driver who could have cared less about his victim, who have given in or immigration for thirty years, who want constant military intervention using other’s sons and daughters in meaningless foreign wars, and who despise us, the base of the conservative party.
I’m increasingly convinced nobody in that herd wanted to actually run for president. They all want to run for the nomination because running is profitable, but now they’re all trying to out-stupid the others so they won’t actually win. Nominee will have to run against Trump, and none of them want to get Mondaled.