The media don't know how to deal with a field of 17 GOP candidates--too difficult to differentiate among them, too much work to cover each of them. So, they zero in on Trump because he feeds them raw meat. His lead in the polls is directly attributable to the near-monopoly he has on GOP candidate coverage. Since the upcoming GOP debates will be limited to the top 10 candidates as determined by polls, Trump's media coverage will pushing out at least one serious candidate. And, the seven candidates who don't make it into the debates will be finished--period.
Nice how the media determine who we will elect, isn't it?
My understanding is that there is to be a second debate for the candidates who aren't in the top ten, and the winner will go on to a debate with who's left from the first debate.
