Both are pondering what’s next if they miss the second debate.
ByCONCORD, N.H. — Two candidates who were on the stage for the first GOP debate are still shy of the thresholds needed to make the second one on Sept. 27. Both are critical of the Republican National Committee’s standards for qualification. And both are mulling what’s next if they miss out on next week’s showcase.
Burgum claims he does not have some of the same name recognition as other candidates. “I haven’t held national office, haven’t been part of the D.C. swamp, you know, haven’t been a pundit on TV,” he said. Hutchinson, on the other hand, says he will evaluate the situation if he misses out. “I’ll look at it and make a decision. I’ll have to talk to donors and I’ll have to talk to — look at the polling numbers that we have. So that decision will be made, but again, I expect to make it,” he said.