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Showing Original Post only (View all)Martin O'Malley accuses DNC of favoring Hillary Clinton. [View all]
Martin O'Malley . . . accused the DNC Wednesday of tipping the scales in HRC's favor by limiting the number of debates to six. . .
'I want to say right off the bat here, that those in Washington who think they can limit the number of debates, . . ., they're going to have another thing(k) coming when they talk to the people of Iowa.'
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/08/05/martin-omalley-accuses-d-n-c-of-favoring-hillary-clinton/?_r=0
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With the help of Reddit, Bernie Sanders urges over 900,000 people to fight for more DNC Debates
kenn3d
Aug 2015
#134
If they can't do this in SIX debates, they never can. We don't need endless debates. It's crazy.
RBInMaine
Aug 2015
#152
that's been the go-to defense here against almost anyone who dares criticize Sanders
bigtree
Aug 2015
#17
In all fairness to all sides isn't 6 debates enough? Canada is having 3, one in French.
Fred Sanders
Aug 2015
#24
How is "debate" being defined? Why not just call two or three candidates meeting a "discussion"?
Fred Sanders
Aug 2015
#44
Something does not "feel" right......compared to what other "feelings" on other candidates?
Fred Sanders
Aug 2015
#118
The greatest difference is Canada has a governing season and an election season and there is no
Fred Sanders
Aug 2015
#115
O'Malley is right. Hillary Clinton is the "de-facto" Democratic nominee for president
NYCButterfinger
Aug 2015
#42
"Less ardent" Dems are one of the reasons why we should have more debates, not fewer.
winter is coming
Aug 2015
#56
Right. We only have a handful of candidates. They'll have plenty of time to make their cases
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#75
So you can't figure out how limiting exposure might benefit one of the most well-known political..
frylock
Aug 2015
#62
I believe that the premise of the OP was that people did want to watch more than 6 debates.
frylock
Aug 2015
#74
Take a look through this thread and tell me the people don't want more than 6 debates.
frylock
Aug 2015
#149
Yep. We Dem voters are being held hostage by partisan center right DNC authoritarians. nt
Zorra
Aug 2015
#73
I'm laughing at the pearl-clutching from Clinton posters here, arguing that "SIX IS PLENTY!"
Scootaloo
Aug 2015
#76