Bennet meets polling criteria for first Democratic debates

[DonViejo]

By ZACH MONTELLARO 06/04/2019 06:45 AM EDT

Sen. Michael Bennet has met the polling criteria to qualify for the first Democratic presidential debates at the end of June, but that doesn’t necessarily assure the Colorado lawmaker of a spot on the stage in Miami.

Bennet crossed the polling threshold Tuesday morning when he got 1 percent in a national poll from CNN, the third qualifying poll in which he’s broken at least 1 percent. That makes Bennet, who entered the presidential race a month ago, the 20th candidate to qualify for the debate under criteria set by the Democratic National Committee.

The DNC has said that no more than 20 candidates will be allowed on stage during the back-to-back debates on June 26 and 27, hosted by NBC News in Miami. But with more than a week to go until the qualification deadline, another one or two candidates could yet qualify, meaning someone who met at least one of the DNC’s criteria could be left out.

According to a POLITICO analysis, Bennet joins 19 other candidates to qualify for the debates. The other candidates are Joe Biden, Cory Booker, Steve Bullock, Pete Buttigieg, Julián Castro, John Delaney, Tulsi Gabbard, Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris, John Hickenlooper, Jay Inslee, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O’Rourke, Tim Ryan, Bernie Sanders, Eric Swalwell, Elizabeth Warren, Marianne Williamson and Andrew Yang.

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[Funtatlaguy]

1. Any debate without Mike Gravel is very shallow water.

He should be allowed to toss his pebbles into the debate pond.
He is the wacky comic relief that every debate really needs.
Please, Chairman Perez, make an exception for Gravel so that he can “rock” it.