Dems hold active discussions on 2020 debates

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

The Democratic National Committee is undergoing a series of internal and external discussions on how to handle primary debates during the 2020 presidential election, according to sources familiar with the conversations.

The sources say the discussions — which have been taking place for several months and are being led by interim DNC CEO Mary Beth Cahill and a small group of party officials — include how early in the cycle the debates should begin as well as how many debates the party should have, two main sticking points from the 2016 cycle.

DNC officials are also faced with how to handle the number of expected candidates and their criteria for being included in the debates. Some believe as many as 30 Democrats may run for president in 2020.

The officials are looking at how the Republican National Committee handled the 17 primary candidates who ran for that nomination in 2016, according to sources familiar with the conversations.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/413163-dems-hold-active-discussions-on-2020-debates

[watoos]

1. Screw The Hill,

Talking about 2020 is a big distraction is meaningless. Vote Vote Vote on November 6th 2018, after that we can talk about 2020.

[7962]

2. Wow, it really IS "just around the corner".

It'll be '19 soon and then everyone is going to come out of the woodwork

[still_one]

3. Just saw the OP, and knew exactly this had to be from either The Hill or Politico

We are only a few days before the midterms, and they are pushing the idea of 30 Democratic candidates


Bullshit. The Hill wishes there would be 30 candidates, and we wouldn't think about the midterms


There will be no more than 5 candidates, and that will filter out to 2 to 3 candidates relatively quickly

[zipplewrath]

4. Yeah name 30 national democrats

When I saw 30 my first thought was "name 'em". It might be more than 5, but it gets hard to drum up financing for 30. 15 is about the upper limit.

[still_one]

6. Absolutely right on

[7962]

5. Well, the Wash Post has published a couple articles on as many as 15

Even ranking them. As have several other large publications. Just google it. I dont know why its hard to believe that a TON of people would love to run against trump