Kathianne
08-01-2019, 11:54 AM
10 over 2 nights has been goofy.
DNC has tightened the parameters for September's show. Still too many, but looks like just 1 night:
https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2019/08/01/nyt-seven-candidates-qualified-next-dem-debate/
NYT: Which Seven Candidates Have Qualified For The Next Dem Debate?
ED MORRISSEYPosted at 12:41 pm on August 1, 2019
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Who’s already in? The usual suspects:
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Biden
Sanders
Warren
Harris
Buttigieg
O’Rourke
Booker
The last three might be on their last legs, but at least they’re still upright. Three more candidates just need one more qualifying poll — Castro, Yang, and Klobuchar. None of them had a good enough moment at either debate to expect a breakout poll bump, but they still might get lucky with a margin-of-error shift. Only three other candidates out of the 24 or so in the race even have one qualifying poll: Steyer, Gabbard, and Hickenlooper, and none of them have enough qualifying donors either.
One has to wonder whether Gabbard would get a big enough bump to stay on stage. She needs three more polls and about 20,000 more donors, but she’s the only one with enough of a moment last night to get either. It’s no secret that Joe Biden would love to have his wingman on stage to go after Kamala Harris, and at least theoretically he could start showing her some love with his own donors to boost her into position. That might erode her standing to take on Harris, though, and would look like dirty pool at some level.
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DNC has tightened the parameters for September's show. Still too many, but looks like just 1 night:
https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2019/08/01/nyt-seven-candidates-qualified-next-dem-debate/
NYT: Which Seven Candidates Have Qualified For The Next Dem Debate?
ED MORRISSEYPosted at 12:41 pm on August 1, 2019
...
Who’s already in? The usual suspects:
RECOMMENDED
Trump sues New York over tax return law
Biden
Sanders
Warren
Harris
Buttigieg
O’Rourke
Booker
The last three might be on their last legs, but at least they’re still upright. Three more candidates just need one more qualifying poll — Castro, Yang, and Klobuchar. None of them had a good enough moment at either debate to expect a breakout poll bump, but they still might get lucky with a margin-of-error shift. Only three other candidates out of the 24 or so in the race even have one qualifying poll: Steyer, Gabbard, and Hickenlooper, and none of them have enough qualifying donors either.
One has to wonder whether Gabbard would get a big enough bump to stay on stage. She needs three more polls and about 20,000 more donors, but she’s the only one with enough of a moment last night to get either. It’s no secret that Joe Biden would love to have his wingman on stage to go after Kamala Harris, and at least theoretically he could start showing her some love with his own donors to boost her into position. That might erode her standing to take on Harris, though, and would look like dirty pool at some level.
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