A Four-Eleven Split? Whose Idea Was This?

Here’s the first problem with the CNN debate format: The “undercard” debate is just four guys — Lindsey Graham, Bobby Jindal, Rick Santorum and George Pataki. Rick Perry dropped out, and Jim Gilmore didn’t qualify.

The “first tier” debate now features eleven candidates; the ten who were in prime-time for the Fox News debate and Carly Fiorina.

For these four guys, they may never get a better chance to shine with this little competition for air time. For Ocean’s Republicans’ Eleven, good luck getting more than seven minutes of air time tonight.