Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesThere's going to be a lot of tension at tonight's Republican debate. Carly Fiorina still has a major chip on her shoulder from the last one. Donald Trump will offend...everyone, probably. And Jeb Bush can't believe people are still comparing him to his brother.
But it seems that the arguments have already started. And this time the central issue is...bathrooms?
Well, technically the problem is bathrooms masquerading as green rooms. Let's start from the beginning.
At each debate (and every major political appearance or speaking engagement, really), the candidates prepare to go onstage in what's called a green room—it's essentially just a staging area where they can go over notes and decompress, similar to green rooms at late-night talk shows. But instead of cushy Hollywood studios, these debates are typically held at less-than-glamorous municipal buildings, like tonight's affair at Denver's Coors Events Center.
It seems that there's a teeny tiny green room hierarchy going on. The higher-polling candidates received the best accommodations—Fiorina will get the locker room (complete with jacuzzi), Trump is setting up shop in a screening room with a giant TV and Marco Rubio got a straight up theater (or shall way say theatre).
And then there's the other guys, like Rand Paul and Chris Christie, who are in bathrooms. Or, as Politico claims Christie's aides said in a meeting yesterday, a room "dominated by a toilet." Whatever your political leanings, it's safe to assume that nobody wants to prepare for a debate on national television while trying to avoid dipping his pant leg in toilet water.
Naturally, the campaign teams are getting peeved, and Paul's adviser even took to Twitter to air his restroom-related grievances.
Round 2: guess who is @CarlyFiorina and @RandPaul ... Hint: someone has a jacuzzi #thanksRNC pic.twitter.com/WB8ZOEXiG6
? Chris LaCivita (@LaCivitaC) October 27, 2015Ouch. If Trump and Fiorina come away with wins tonight, we can bet it has something to do with their not having to get ready in bathroom fluorescent lighting.