CNN now says that Rick Perry is being invited to their debate in South Carolina on January 19, two days before the big primary in which he hopes to make his last stand. This despite the fact that he has not met any of the requirements for participation that CNN made public last week. 

[Gov. Gary Johnson was excluded from the first CNN debate because he wasn’t polling high enough in CNN's poll that didn’t offer him as an option. h/t The Agitator  Feeling the media manipulation?]