WASHINGTON — Carly Fiorina may be joining CNN’s Sept. 16 GOP presidential debate now that the network has changed the rules for qualifying.

CNN will consider an average of polling data from Aug. 6 — the night of the first Republican debate on Fox News — through Sept. 10 in deciding which 10 candidates will attend the showdown in Simi Valley, Calif.

Fiorina’s poll ratings skyrocketed after that first debate.