For John, BLUF: The Democratic Party Presidential Debates are boring and arbitrary in their choice of candidates. But, if it make the party faithful happy I guess it is OK. Nothing to see here; just move along.
From PJ Media, by Reporter Matt Margolis, 1 February 2020.
Here is the lede plus one:
On Friday, the Democratic National Committee announced a major change of their debate requirements for the upcoming primary debate February 19 debate in Las Vegas, removing the individual donor threshold, thus opening the door for billionaire Michael Bloomberg to participate. Because Bloomberg is self-funding his campaign, it was impossible for him to meet the 225,000 individual donor threshold to participate in the debates.Once more representative Tulsi Gabbard is spot on.The donor threshold was controversial when it was first rolled out last year, but that doesn't mean everyone's happy now that it is gone. Current and former candidates were, in fact, outraged at the news because the DNC refused prior requests to change the rules to ensure more diversity on stage.
"The DNC didn’t change the rules to ensure good, diverse candidates could remain on the debate stage," tweeted Elizabeth Warren. "They shouldn’t change the rules to let a billionaire on. Billionaires shouldn't be allowed to play by different rules—on the debate stage, in our democracy, or in our government."
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Tulsi Gabbard's response was slightly different. Instead of moaning about the Democrats not changing the rules to ensure diversity on stage when Democratic voters apparently preferred older and whiter candidates, she accused Bloomberg of buying the DNC.
But, in fairness to Mayor Bloomberg, the DNC sold out to him. It is on them. They are no better now than they were under Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, back in 2016. They should have stuck with Ms Donna Brazile.
Hat tip to the InstaPundit.
Regards — Cliff
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