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Democratic Primaries

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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Wed Jul 31, 2019, 07:18 AM Jul 2019

The Democratic field is crowded with C-listers. It's time for some to drop out [View all]

Millions of Americans don’t know who John Delaney or John Hickenlooper are. They probably wouldn’t be able to correctly identify them in a photo. And yet, at the Democratic debate on Tuesday night, Delaney got to speak for nearly 11 minutes, and John Hickenlooper for almost nine. In one night, those two relatively unknown men combined got more airtime than the climate crisis has in all three debates thus far. And that’s despite the fact that, if we don’t do anything to address rising temperatures now, we will see several US cities underwater in the coming decades.

So here’s my pitch: if these and other candidates without a shot in hell at winning actually cared about the future of this country, they would drop out.

There are plenty of substantive differences among the viable candidates that deserve to be explored in depth, on just about every issue raised at Tuesday’s debate – healthcare, immigration, climate, gun violence – plus many more. And while it’s great for the ratings of networks like CNN, it’s not exactly a boon to American democracy to watch a stage flanked with unrecognizable C-list primary hopefuls pad their own egos because they’re rich or well-connected enough to meet the debate criteria.


[link:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/31/democratic-field-crowded-c-listers-john-delaney-john-hickenlooper|

She might have a point? The herd has to start to thin at some point...
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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THIS plus a million The Blue Flower Jul 2019 #1
About 5 from last night won't qualify for the next debate, thesquanderer Jul 2019 #2
Yes, some campaigns will soon be suspended. Qualifying for the 3rd debate is tougher. brush Jul 2019 #9
I think "C-listers" is being rather... 3catwoman3 Jul 2019 #3
The reason there are so many candidates is an effort to hide Bernie in a crowd Dorn Jul 2019 #4
"an effort to hide Bernie in a crowd" crazytown Jul 2019 #5
That's funny. Can't hide that man. efhmc Jul 2019 #10
He makes very, very sure of that. (nt) ehrnst Jul 2019 #21
Bernie may or may not win the primary, but I give him credit for repeatedly DemocracyMouse Jul 2019 #18
If debate teams were running for public office, a wise coach would teach them about style. ehrnst Jul 2019 #24
My point is that I LOVE Bernie's passion. That's his style! DemocracyMouse Jul 2019 #41
So now you're saying to comment on Sanders' style is OK, as long as it's ehrnst Aug 2019 #45
I agree. I don't think we older people understand and see the anger at the current Autumn Jul 2019 #39
Huh? Just the young? There are MILLIONS of older people who are fucked right now. DemocracyMouse Jul 2019 #42
So the Democrats are trying to hide a non-Democrat jayschool2013 Jul 2019 #7
Ugh, not that again.... paleotn Jul 2019 #16
No need to apologize jayschool2013 Jul 2019 #17
25% of Clinton 2008 primary voters went for McCain in the general Spider Jerusalem Jul 2019 #25
Thank you jayschool2013 Jul 2019 #31
Possibly 20%; still fewer than Clinton supporters voted for McCain Spider Jerusalem Jul 2019 #32
The lede says 12 percent jayschool2013 Jul 2019 #35
which again is fewer than the 25% of Clinton voters who went for McCain Spider Jerusalem Jul 2019 #36
Thanks jayschool2013 Jul 2019 #37
Actually, no. Exit polling indicated that HRC supporters went 84% to Obama, 15% to McCain. ehrnst Aug 2019 #43
Ha! I live in Vermont... paleotn Jul 2019 #12
Bernie is well to the left of most of these candidates and has more name recognition IronLionZion Jul 2019 #14
But will he drop out if someone else passes the threshold of 2,026 pledged delegates? (nt) ehrnst Jul 2019 #20
Probably not, but still concede at the convention and support the nominee IronLionZion Jul 2019 #22
It's not a good look for him. (nt) ehrnst Jul 2019 #23
Oh for Pete's sake... calimary Jul 2019 #15
No, for Joe's sake. CentralMass Jul 2019 #27
leave Buttigieg out of this Skittles Jul 2019 #33
"the party encouraged it to hide Bernie Sanders" ehrnst Jul 2019 #19
+1 CentralMass Jul 2019 #26
it didn't work. 👍 Kurt V. Jul 2019 #28
No, Dorn. Nor did Sanders run to HIDE in a crowd. Hortensis Jul 2019 #34
lol...and you actually believe that? tritsofme Jul 2019 #40
HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAH JI7 Aug 2019 #44
I'd take any one of those "C" listers over what we have now. infullview Jul 2019 #6
That's been the plan all along FakeNoose Jul 2019 #8
The easy answer is an increasingly sliding scale to qualify... Moostache Jul 2019 #11
Yes, we need to thin the herd a bit... Wounded Bear Jul 2019 #13
This. Tipperary Jul 2019 #29
It will thin naturally, elleng Jul 2019 #30
I totally agree. This crowded primary season may cost us so much we lose the general. redstatebluegirl Jul 2019 #38
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