Judging by the progression of the previous 11 GOP debates, tonight's slugfest will involve actual measurement of genitalia, a Hulk-Hogan-esque chair-slamming, and excessive use of four-letter words. As "handy" Trump, "little" Marco, "lyin'" Ted, and "quiet" Kasich step up to the podiums (podia?), the chairman of the Republican Party has declared that he wants tonight's Republican presidential debate to be "more of a G-rated" event than recent showdowns. Good luck with that.
And then there were four...
As AP reports, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, the take-no-sides chief fundraiser for the party, has been saying all week that he wants the whatever-it-takes "tone" of past debates to improve on Thursday's debate stage.
On Wednesday, he described on CNN just how, saying he'd like to see "more of a G-rated debate" than "some of the things that have been said in the past."
He said the RNC has spoken to the campaigns and to the sponsors about taking steps to "reduce the temperature" on the debate stage and in the audience.
And before it starts, here's where we stand...
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And finally, because no debate is complete without some side-games, here is ABC's freshly updated GOP Debate Bingo Card...
As a reminder, this is how it all started...