Republicans largely treated Donald Trump with kid gloves during the first GOP presidential debate, but tonight expect the gloves to come up.
The presidential front-runner will again be center stage, but his rivals have renewed attacks on him in recent weeks as his star his risen, not waned. Now, they'll have a chance to attack him face-to-face.
The stage has also grown to eleven candidates to include a surging Carly Fiorina. The former Hewlett-Packard CEO was the surprise star last month despite being relegated to the lower-tier debate. But her impressive performance was enough to boost her in the polls and catapult her onto the stage — after CNN bowed to pressure to revise their criteria to include her late surge.
We'll be liveblogging the nearly three-hour face-off here. Follow along below.
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