NYC Mayor De Blasio to Hold Presidential Forum in Iowa: WSJ

[elleng]

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio plans a presidential forum on inequality for presidential candidates in Iowa, WSJ said, citing people familiar.

Plans call for it before the end of November

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Martin O’Malley, former governor of Maryland, said to “hope” to attend: WSJ
Hillary Clinton representatives didn’t have immediate comment: WSJ

de Blasio said seeking to shape the agenda of the presidential-election year with his progressive agenda: WSJ

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-09-29/nyc-mayor-de-blasio-to-hold-presidential-forum-in-iowa-wsj

[0rganism]

1. interesting, how does this play with the DNC's "exclusivity" clause?

if a public official can arbitrarily hold a "Presidential Forum" for candidates to voluntarily attend without violating the DWS rules, does that open the door for additional multi-candidate discussions in addition to the DNC's 6 formal debates? a lot of presidential "debates" don't follow the standard debate format anyway, might be tricky to draw the line.

[jfern]

2. If it's sequential interviews, it would be allowed

[0rganism]

3. how about informal face-to-face discussions responding to a common question?

just wondering how much wiggle room we have here...

[elleng]

4. We shall see, I suppose.

'U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Martin O’Malley, former governor of Maryland, said to “hope” to attend: WSJ
Hillary Clinton representatives didn’t have immediate comment: WSJ'

also: No Labels event in N.H. to draw Trump, Sanders (via satellite.)

Businessman Donald Trump, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Ohio Gov. John Kasich will headline a bipartisan presidential forum in New Hampshire next month aimed at addressing the nation’s most urgent problems. . .

No Labels, a group that targets dysfunctional government, is holding a daylong “Problem Solver Convention” on Oct. 12 with eight presidential candidates in Manchester.

GOP candidates Trump and Kasich will speak at the event along with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham and former New York governor George Pataki.

Democratic hopefuls Sanders, ex-Maryland governor Martin O’Malley and former Virginia senator Jim Webb will also address the convention. Organizers said Sanders would speak via satellite from Las Vegas, Nev., where Democrats will be holding their first presidential debate the following night.

Hillary Clinton was asked if she would attend the No Labels event earlier this month during a campaign appearance at the University of New Hampshire, and she said she would be preparing for the Nevada debate.

https://politics.concordmonitor.com/2015/09/gov-federal/no-labels-event-in-n-h-to-draw-trump-sanders-via-satellite/

[left-of-center2012]

5. "Hillary Clinton representatives didn’t have immediate comment"

They're polling on this to see what answer to give.
Give her time.