And these candidates deserve all the credit.

If any party can achieve enough ballot status to win the election, theoretically, its candidate deserves a spot in the debates.

Deep in our hearts, there lurks the satisfying feeling that the outcome is what the candidates deserved.

And we think all four candidates deserve to be able to get started.

I question whether either candidate deserves my vote.

On the basis of the application, the Institute decides if the candidate deserves the award.

The candidates deserve to know if they will be required to debate before entering the system.

Republican leaders figure that a candidate who can overcome a rival's 4-to-1 spending edge in a primary deserves better backing in the general.

The candidate and the nation deserve no less.

When they measure whether a candidate deserves their trust, they're a pretty good barometer for the rest of us.