Shut out from main debate, will Bobby Jindal attend GOP 'undercard'?

CNBC will host an "undercard" debate at 6 p.m. for those who didn't place in the top 10 in recent national polls. CNBC.com will feature a live blog of the debate with both pre and post-debate coverage and the network also plans extensive social media coverage with the hashtag .

The candidates will discuss job growth, taxes, technology, retirement, and the health of the nation's economy in a debate titled "Your Money, Your Vote: The Republican Presidential Debate".

"Donald Trump, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, says in a new interview that it's time for low-polling candidates to drop out of the race". Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. "Debate organizers could easily accommodate them simply making available a small percentage of more than 10,000 empty seats in the Coors Events Center". Jindal could face former U.S. Sen.

Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore - who was left out of the last debate after participating in the first gathering in August - has apparently failed to qualify for the undercard debate after he came up short of 1 percent in any of the nine qualifying national polls.

"I think it's an embarrassment to the party when [Louisiana Gov.] Bobby Jindal gets up on stage and when [former New York Gov. George] Pataki, who has zero", Trump said. An email seeking clarification wasn't immediately returned Wednesday morning.

The debate will be moderated by CNBC personalities Carl Quintanilla, Becky Quick and John Harwood.