Democrats shut out of September debate say DNC rules are eliminating candidates before voters tune in by jonward11
The Democratic infighting over the next presidential debate really boils down to one issue: Lower-tier candidates think the party rules are narrowing the field too early, before voters are paying attention and before former Vice President Joe Biden has had a chance to fade, as many Democrats expect him to.
The DNC’s view is that candidates who have failed to qualify simply aren’t connecting with voters. Spokeswoman Xochitl Hinojosa said Wednesday that a compelling candidate won’t need to spend a lot of money fishing for small-dollar donors.Others who did not qualify include Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, billionaire activist Tom Steyer, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.
Story continues“Why is the DNC in an unprecedented rush to eliminate candidates from a volatile field five months before the first vote is cast?” Craig Hughes, a Bennet adviser, asked DNC Chair Tom Perez in the letter. However, of the 21 qualifying polls for the September debate, eight were surveys of likely voters in either Iowa, New Hampshire or South Carolina.
Bennet said he was “not contending that anybody should be off the debate stage.” His complaint, he said, is that nobody “should be off the debate stage this soon.”
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