DNC set to squeeze Dem debate stage again

[brooklynite]

Politico

The next thresholds will shrink the field — but the exact polling and donor criteria for the last debates of 2019 could be the difference between a still-crowded stage and one restricted to just a handful of front-runners. In interviews, DNC Chairman Tom Perez has said that they will “obviously” raise the bar to participate in the debates at the end of the year, because candidates “have to make progress.”

“As we get toward November, December, obviously we will continue to raise the bar of participation, because that’s what we’ve always done,” Perez said earlier this month on “ABC This Week.” “As we get closer and closer, people have to make progress. Two percent, quite frankly, is a very reasonable bar.”

The DNC declined to comment for this story.

Just bumping the polling requirement up to 3 percent could prove to be a significant barrier for some of the 11 candidates who are expected to be in the DNC’s debate in Ohio next month.

[Joe941]

1. let the moaning and complaining commence...

[thesquanderer]

9. I'll start. ;-) They should have announced all requirements for all debates from the start.

Now, almost regardless of whatever they announce, people can complain that a line was drawn specifically to try to include or exclude certain candidates.

[NurseJackie]

2. The sooner the better. These more closely resemble pageants than they do debates.

[brooklynite]

3. After the first two debates, I would have tightened the screws on every subsequent event.

[crazytown]

5. October should have been 3% & November 4%, December 5%

[crazytown]

4. Double the requirements 4%, 260K donors

JB, EW, BS, KH, PB and Beto, at a pinch. That's enough.

[HeartlandProgressive]

6. this makes sense

Klobuchar and Booker could qualify too. that would leave 6-8 candidates qualifying

[qazplm135]

7. I'd say make that you have to reach 5 percent in a single poll

any poll, any time.

I like Booker and Castro, but they ain't becoming President.

Heck, it's probably going to be Warren or Biden, but you aren't going to shrink it like that of course.

The top five. That's it. Those are the only folks with a snowball's chance. Time to get to it.

[4139]

8. 3.5% November, 5% December