2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: wasserman schultz said something today about the debates that really concerned me... [View all]Buns_of_Fire
(17,175 posts)I don't care for it, though. It seems undemocratic. It's like gerrymandering -- let's draw it out so the cool kids we WANT to join the club damned well GET to join the club. It just doesn't seem fair (but then, who said politics was fair?).
It just seems like such a no-brainer to me: "The official debates will consist of the top X candidates, based on DNC polling as of (pick whatever date you want)." There. No cutesy crap. Choose any number for X you want. If anyone wants to play coy and not announce until the week of the polling, that's fine -- but they'd better already have a decent following as an unannounced candidate, if they expect to participate in the first debate.
I know, too simple-minded. Which is why I'd never make it as a politician. Just as well, I suppose.