2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The DNC Data Breach: An Analysis [View all]highprincipleswork
(3,111 posts)Listen, in the end we should all be going for party unity, no matter how hard that seems these days.
Sanders and O'Malley and their supporters (I am one) think the handling of the debates is weird, suspicious, rigged, counter-productive, not in the best interests of the party, etc. More debates at reasonable times helps inform the public as to what our choices are here. So they can make up their own mind, form their own opinion, through a lot of exposure not a little, and not from what they simply hear from the mass media or other hearsay. Without proper broad exposure for the other candidates, we might as well just nominate Hillary and be done with it. That is not the proper way to ensure we have either the best choice or the most democratic choice.
Furthermore, the debates bring our candidates to the general public, people even outside the party. The Republican debates have drawn huge audiences, the Democratic not so much. And the last one drew the least of all.
People who are more informed, like you, can obviously make up their minds sooner, and so may not wish to watch if and when they are more debates.
Finally, in the interest of party unity, DWS, Hillary Clinton and all should agree to more debates for the good it will do the party and their campaign. She is doing well in them anyway, and this way they can help get rid of these accusations of impropriety and help restore any Democratic support for the DNC and all other Democratic candidates and institutions.